America's Light Bulb Revolution

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/08/climate/light-bulb-efficiency.html

America’s Light Bulb Revolution
By NADJA POPOVICH
MARCH 8, 2019



Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention, but a more inconspicuous instrument is helping to reshape America’s energy economy right now: The humble light bulb.

Over the past decade, traditional incandescent bulbs, those distinctive glass orbs with glowing wire centers, have been rapidly replaced by more energy-efficient lighting. The shift has driven down electricity demand in American homes, saving consumers money and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

The energy savings are expected to grow as highly efficient and increasingly inexpensive LED bulbs continue to replace older lights. But energy efficiency advocates worry that the Trump administration could slow the pace of this lighting revolution.

Last month, the Department of Energy said it would withdraw an Obama-era regulation that nearly doubled the number of light bulbs subject to energy-efficiency requirements. (The chart above shows changes for basic, pear-shaped bulbs that are regulated by current rules. Other bulb styles, including globe, candelabra and reflector bulbs, as well as outdoor lighting, are not included.)

[MyOwnPeace]

1. And.........

the LED's are getting better and the prices keep falling.

It's a WIN-WIN.

I'm expecting the Trump Mis-Administration to outlaw them at any time now.

[California_Republic]

2. Yes yes. LEDs are the way to go.

[lagomorph777]

5. LEDs are so much better than CF - they will completely take over very quickly

and because they last far longer, will stay in their sockets for decades.

My wife is a tungsten-luddite, but has been forced to admit that for photography, LED is vastly superior because it puts out so much less heat.

CF of course turned out to be a scam - dim, off-color, and slow. Kinda like Republicans.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. Remember all the squawking about "my lightbulbs being taken away" ?

Some of it even here.

All it took was a little push from the evil gubment to push that stupid 19th century idea of burning a filament to create light over the cliff.

And they say government can do no good.

[ROB-ROX]

4. Republicans Still Support Coal & Traditional Lights

They do not want their bodies going out of business. Anything that is WRONG is supported by the EVIL drone voting republicans.....They do as their masters bid them to do.......