Lighting accounts for 13% of electricity used in the U.S. Standard incandescent light bulbs produce 10% light, 90% heat.
Personally, I hate adding heat to my house during the summer when I’m running the air conditioner! At my mom’s house, relatives would linger at the dining room table - under the chandelier with five 60-watt light bulbs. There was a noticeable difference in temperature when we replaced the bulbs with energy efficient bulbs.
I’m changing to LEDs as fast as I can!
Don’t miss the forest for the trees.
It doesn’t matter how much “better” one product is over another.
The gov’t has no business telling us what we can and can’t buy, especially in this area of life.
That was probably because they were enjoying the warmth. Heating costs are approximately double cooling costs across the US so bulbs that produce heat are not a problem 66% of the time although their heating efficiency is a bit low.