Posted on 12/20/2017 11:59:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
They date back to the time of Thomas Edison. They’ve provided decades and decades of warm bright light to our homes and workplaces. And they’re about go bye-bye.
Starting Jan. 1, 2018, the humble everyday incandescent light bulb will continue on its long and steady fade into our collective memory. Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb and stores will eventually sell out of current supplies. Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs that use no more than 72 watts, including halogen incandescents, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs.
This is not the first time the state has focused its regulatory glare on what have been the brightest bulbs in our homes for more than a century. Check out this Associated Press story lede from January 2011: “Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year.”
In other words, it’s deja vu all over again.
“We still have a few incandescent bulbs, but they’re being phased out,” said Dave Butts, a customer service rep at Richert Lumber, an Ace Hardware outlet in Pleasanton. “The LEDs are so much better these days and people have gotten used to them that the incandescents were going to go away anyway. They are also more expensive than the more energy-efficient LEDs, which use a fraction of the energy the traditional bulbs were using. So that means a lower PG&E bill, too.”
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Time to stock up on incandescents.
Of course, no one would smuggle them into the state...
The biggest energy sucking objects in the state, are located in Sacramento.
I bought up a large cashe of them a few years back when I first heard of this stupidity. I have enough to last the rest of my lifetime.
Of course, no one would smuggle them into the state...
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Hide them under the ammo.
We switched years ago to newer, lower electric usage types of bulbs. No complaint from me.
The light is different, perhaps not so bight. But they seem to last virtually forever.
This is certainly not the political issue I wish to die on the cross over.
To operate, yes. But not initial purchase.
LEDs are better. This was going to happen on its own without government interference.
Therefore, MOST of my bulbs are now the curly ones.
Remember when car tires had tubes?? Things change. Would you all rather have the tube ones?? Get real.
I thought the last domestic plant making incandescent bulbs shut down years ago.
And are any of these newfangled bulbs manufactured in the United States? (Don’t answer, it was a rhetorically sarcastic question)
Won’t have to. I’m going to open an ‘underground” chain of convenient “BULB EASIES”.
Entry allowed only by personal reference by one of my “guys”, who will work on commission.
The curly ones have mercury in them.
I’m switching everything over to LEDs. Better light too.
My new neighbor, about 80 yards away, has an LED porch light (small low wattage bulb).
Shines brightly into my porch and garage, making shadows even.
Bright white. Offends my eyes.
Another neighbor has some soft yellow somethings that light his porch but don’t travel.
BAD LED in this case.
I didn’t like the curly fluorescent bulbs, and they were banned from my home. But I have now fully embraced LED lighting.
If they are superior then the government ought to let the markets work. They will leave on their own. I use LEDS and CFLs mostly but incandescents still have their place. They put off enough heat to keep baby chicks and plants alive.
Over the last five years, I've almost completely converted to LED at home. The initial cost is much lower now than it was even a few years ago and the bulbs last much longer than incandescent or fluorescent. There has been a noticeable drop in my electric bill.
Finally, and this is just an opinion, I think the "natural sunlight" emulating LEDs provide a better quality of light than any incandescent bulb I have ever used.
Rock on.
So why don't the politicians let the market decide? I'm reading "Green Tyranny" by Rupert Darwall and he answers the question.
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