Posted on 12/14/2013 5:04:40 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Light bulb manufacturers will cease making traditional 40 and 60-watt light bulbs -- the most popular in the country -- at the start of 2014. This comes after the controversial phasing out of incandescent 75 and 100-watt light bulbs at the beginning of 2013. In their place will be halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs, LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents -- which are just regular incandescents that have the filament wrapped in gas. All are significantly more expensive than traditional light bulbs, but offer significant energy and costs savings over the long run. (Some specialty incandescents -- such as three-way bulbs -- will still be available.)
The end of old light bulbs will likely anger some consumers that are already faced with higher prices for a variety of goods. But it will also tick off tea party activists since the ban is the result of the final phase of government-mandated efficiency standards.
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I f’ing hate these new bulbs. They feel like they suck your soul out of your body.
OMG, I’m glad I happened to see this on FR. I’d forgotten more bulbs are going extinct. Will buy more now before the end.
(And I used it to heat my apartment in college).
Some days it’s like government is just around to be a total pain in the ass.
Good luck finding any.
since regular bulbs’convert 95% of energy to heat, and only 5% to light, could one not reclassify them as heaters that also incidentally give off light?
The CFL bulbs contain Uptonite.
This is SO stupid!
I especially need to stock up on candelabra bulbs.
This annoys me to no end and I don’t like having to use up shelf space hoarding dang light bulbs.
Here in Seattle, I can legally sell marijuana, but I can go to jail for selling the wrong kind of light bulbs.
Some people need full spectrum light bulbs, especially in the winter.
I purchased 5 of the new LED light bulbs today (Lowes brand) and I have to say I am very impressed. They put out 60w and only use 13w and they are bright! Much warmer light than I expected. If they last half as long as they claim it will be worth it.
Probably going to go LED in the house as well considering my kids have never turned a light out!
It gets more and more expensive to live ...
You can continue to buy incandescent light bulbs at “newcandescent.com” which is now a new advertiser on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. Check them out, and they are legal incandescent bulbs, originally considered a more industrialized version modified and meet the new standards for bulbs.
Bump!
By design. The Ob_tard wants us all dead anyway.
Thanks. I may need it, haven’t scanned the light sections in awhile.
Lousy light to read by
Post and quip of the day.
Can’t blame Obama for this one. IIRC, it was introduced by a Repubilcan congressman.
since regular bulbs’convert 95% of energy to heat, and only 5% to light
Eventually all the energy is converted to heat, one way or another
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