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It’s Lights Out for Obama-Era Bulb Ban That Would Have Curbed Consumer Choice
The Daily Signal ^ | September 05, 2019 | Nicolas Loris

Posted on 09/05/2019 3:01:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Department of Energy announced this week that it’s withdrawing the Obama administration’s energy-rationing mandate for certain lightbulbs.

Opponents criticized the rule change, arguing that the move would be bad for consumers and the climate. The reality, however, is that families and businesses will be better off, and the change will have a negligible impact on the environment.

The Energy Department’s decision to withdraw energy-efficiency standards for candle-shaped, globe-shaped, three-way and reflector lightbulbs is a victory for consumer choice.

Whether it’s buying a lightbulb or a new car, families have different preferences and needs. They consider the various trade-offs in products and face different budget constraints.

When Washington forces energy-rationing mandates on consumers, the federal government takes those choices away or at the very least overrides their preferences.

Critics of the Department of Energy’s action argue that continuing to use energy-inefficient lights will cost households $100 annually in higher energy costs.

But here’s the good news: There’s no mandate forcing families or businesses to use inefficient lighting. Consumers can voluntarily replace inefficient bulbs with more efficient ones if they so choose.

The practices of being resourceful and saving money are intuitive, which means that the economy does not need mandates or rebate programs to nudge families into making decisions the government thinks are best for consumers.

In fact, many families and businesses are switching over to LED bulbs because of the cost savings.

According to the National Manufacturing Electric Association, “The general service LED bulb now accounts for approximately 70 percent of the shipments in the general service lamp category.

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To: packrat35

“I still have 80 or so of the old bulbs I bought before they got banned.”

I replaced all my old bulbs and gave them away.


61 posted on 09/05/2019 5:24:46 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: catnipman
Warm incandescents are 2700-2800 K. I hate 'daylight' bulbs in a house, especially at night. Gimmee yellow/orange light to make a cozy room, ready to relax or snooze. I grew up with those bulbs and the bluish ones seem creepy to me. Kind of like an operating room. Now if you are working in an office or a workshop, 'white' is OK.

Also, I don't understand why some 'daylight' (6500 K)bulbs are heavier on blue. I never thought the yellow sun made things look blue.



62 posted on 09/05/2019 5:57:14 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

bttt


63 posted on 09/05/2019 5:58:57 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Socialism is Communism in its larval form." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: mumblypeg

“Now let’s get rid of Obama’s dysfunctional 5 gallon gas cans. Bring back the old style with top & rear handles & a spout that actually pours.”

No Shiite! When Mama has to fill the gas tank of her Zero-Turn Mower each week, she has MANY choice words for the stupid, STUPID gas can she is FORCED to use these days!

Good Lord! It ain’t the GAS that’s flammable - it’s the friggin’ FUMES!

WHY does it take me 50% longer to fill the gas tank? Oh, that’s right - it barely TRICKLES!

WTF? Seriously. I have an ACRE to mow and you Government MORONS are SLOWING ME DOWN!


64 posted on 09/05/2019 6:02:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Right Wing Assault

“Also, I don’t understand why some ‘daylight’ (6500 K)bulbs are heavier on blue. I never thought the yellow sun made things look blue.”

6500 k is on the extreme blue end.

Kelvin Color Temperature Scale for Light Fixtures
2000K-3000K: Gives off a warm white/yellow glow (candlelight hues)
3100K-4500K: Gives off a bright, cool white glow
4600K-6500K: Gives off a crisp daylight glow (white/bluish hues)


65 posted on 09/05/2019 6:04:48 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: 4yearlurker

I had one of the Thing banks, too...and an Adams Family lunchbox, too...


66 posted on 09/05/2019 6:07:40 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: newfreep

Great to hear about the light bulbs. What I’d REALLY like to hear about is when will obamacare be shut down?


67 posted on 09/05/2019 6:08:07 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: 21twelve

Deep State and its’ puppet pols are keeping it alive to reimpose after Trump leaves.


68 posted on 09/05/2019 6:09:36 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: Truth29
If the past few years I have gone through two sets of expensive LED flat panel sets with integrated fixtures on my garage.

Same here. About 10 percent of our LED lights fail. Sales pitches of them working for a hundred years aren't working out. The diodes may last long but the electronics behind them fail. I replaced some incandescent squares in our kitchen with LED flat panels, where I changed the sheetrock and junction boxes just for the LED flat panels. Failed within a month. At over $100 a pop, got an exchange. Two months later, another failed. Got an exchange, again. If it fails again I'll rip them out and try something else.

LED lights do fail, and when they do in an integrated fixture, the entire fixture is worthless.

69 posted on 09/05/2019 6:10:23 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: txnativegop
LEDs were not what I was talking about. the EE light bulbs that were for home use but the bulb looked like a spring were what I was referring to.

The term is CFL - stands for Compact F*cked Light.

70 posted on 09/05/2019 6:13:43 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: TexasGator

I just want them to be easily accessible, dependable, and cheap - as they used to be.

When I was growing up, we had all-incandescent. They were reliably the same, and when one blew out, you could pick another up when you did your usual shopping - for cheap.

Now, if I want something with the same kind of light, I have to go online - or search my files for the posts I’ve found here - to find something that makes the kind of light that I’ve grown accustomed to and prefer.

Life is being made too complicated, in every respect - even to something as basic as lightbulbs have been for over 100 years.

Some people may want the ‘new stuff’. But others may want the ‘old stuff’. I don’t think that people who are willing to continue to produce the old things should be cut out of business by law or regulation.


71 posted on 09/05/2019 6:23:44 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Right Wing Assault

I’m with you on that, big time. ‘Daylight’ sounds so nice but in reality comes off as cold and institutional. I visited a relative who had installed a bunch of daylight LEDs not knowing any better. She took my advice to swap them for warm color temp bulbs and the difference was dramatic.


72 posted on 09/05/2019 6:24:18 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Vaquero

When I learned of the planned government mandated phaseout of 60 w incandescent bulbs it was a year or two out so prices had not gone up in the stores. I bought a lifetime supply of them for chump change. Got a lot of 4 in a pack for $1, most all of them little more than that. Basically, for about $20 I have more than I will ever need. Especially since now the LEDs have come down so much that I have put those in the hard to reach fixtures & I only use the incandescent bulbs in the rest.


73 posted on 09/05/2019 6:27:40 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Jamestown1630

You can choose to kill a baby or change your sex. No other real choices in America today.


74 posted on 09/05/2019 6:29:26 PM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: JerryBlackwell

That’s ridiculous.

You can still choose to keep your baby AND your innate sex.

The people who choose otherwise are still a minority (and in the case of changing sex, a very SMALL minority.)

It’s a big mistake to let all the stuff in the ‘news’ discourage us and convince us that the world is going to hell. It isn’t - and it won’t be, unless sensible people allow themselves to be sucked into the propaganda.


75 posted on 09/05/2019 6:38:27 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Vaquero

I had one of the corkscrew lights pop in the upstairs bathroom, showering my laundry basket with “powder”.

I didn’t know any better so I just rewashed the clothes and dried them, which blew the mercury dust everywhere upstairs.

Shortly after, I was diagnosed with “mercury poisoning”.

Took months to get my levels back to a safe range.

Now I know why the “broken bulb cleanup instructions” are so dire...as if anyone can afford a hazmat team to come to their house.

I stopped using them and went to the LED bulbs which I like.


76 posted on 09/05/2019 6:40:48 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Jamestown1630

“I just want them to be easily accessible, dependable, and cheap - as they used to be.”

They are easily accessible.

They are more dependable and last longer.

They are cheaper when you factor in the cost of electricity.


77 posted on 09/05/2019 6:41:44 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Jamestown1630

“When I was growing up, we had all-incandescent. “

I did too. Along with a kerosene heater. Times change.


78 posted on 09/05/2019 6:44:21 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: txnativegop

Walmart has 4 packs of 75 watt LED for .80 cents! That’s not .80 cents each, it’s a 4 pack for .80 cents!


79 posted on 09/05/2019 6:44:33 PM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: Jamestown1630

“Now, if I want something with the same kind of light, I have to go online - or search my files for the posts I’ve found here - to find something that makes the kind of light that I’ve grown accustomed to and prefer.”

HD, Lowes, Costco, etc., have displays of the various lights so you can decide what ‘color’ suits you.


80 posted on 09/05/2019 6:47:44 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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