The government should stay the hell out of regulating light bulbs, dishwashers and a whole host of appliances including efficiency standards for autos.
That said... I love LED light bulbs.
“That said... I love LED light bulbs.”
I have to agree. I resisted a LONG time and put in a huge stash of incandescent bulbs. But LEDs improved much faster than I thought they would and the color of the light is very good, just like an incandescent. They don’t flicker. They can be dimmed and controlled by my house automation.
The great thing is we can go away for extended periods and know the bulbs won’t burn out while we are gone. I’ve got a lot of Z-Wave dimmer/switches and modules controlling ceiling lights and table lamps to make the house look lived-in while we are away. We used to come home from extended trips and find several incandescent bulbs burned out (including the porch lights). The life of LEDs fixed that problem.
Absolutely agree. After moving to all LED lighting for my overhead lights my electric bill has dropped by a factor of 2 even accounting for inflation. A lot of that cost is my air conditioner having to remove the heat from incandescent lights. Have custom LED strip lights under the kitchen counter - no heat, bright light and I can see what I am doing. Not all technologly is bad.
Eight 60W equivalent bulbs cost $20 and change from Home Depot today. My last of my incandescent stockpile was gone. A light bulb 💡 now costs $7. Whooda thunk that?
Let the Market Decide.
That said... I love LED light bulbs.
Nope! Both companies paid off and bought lobbied congress to pass a law requiring the new lightbulbs and ban the others.
This meant there was higher entry cost for other companies that could not retool and/or enter the LED and squiggle bulb market. Meanwhile GE and Sylvania were able to do such.
When they first did the math, for me to change every bulb in my house to "efficient"lightbulbs, barring majorly significant increases in electricity costs, (at the then cost of incandescent/HE bulbs; it was $0.75 per 4 for incandescents; ~$8 for 4 of the others in my area) it would've take me almost 50 years to realize any supposed savings, if and only if the new bulbs never needed replacing in those 50 years.
That said... I love LED light bulbs.
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And I love incandescent lighting.
Neither should be forced on us.
“That said... I love LED light bulbs.”
Same here - they are way more efficient than incandescent. They mostly generate light rather than heat. As a result they use about 1/8 the energy.
But the luddites here in FR will never admit to it even if you prove it to them.
These are the types who, had they been alive during Edison’s era when electric bulbs became available, they would have still clung to candles and oil lanterns.
me too! but I also have a stash of old bulbs, just in case lol
Every lightbulb in my house is LED and that allows my farmhouse to be off grid; but, that's my business, not the government's.