Light bulb ban: Here’s what it means for you
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- Starting on Aug. 1 incandescent light bulbs can't be made by manufacturers or sold in stores. www.fox13news....
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Government control.
Good, animals need to be on a leash.
funny... literally NO ONE voted for this...we used to be a nation of laws...
No one voted for global warming either, yet here we are.
@@gordon-1 i assume you mean man made global warming and yes if it is, it was voted on. The fact you live in civilization and benefited from fossil fuels means you voted for it. The fact you're on a electronic device to leave a comment on RUclips means you are contributing.
unfortunately that's not accurate. It was signed into law in 2007 by George W. It was the Energy Independence and Security Act. It just got delayed for a long time.
@@jvanek8512Is being in a death cult fun? It looks fun!
@@jvanek8512 what are you on?
People already had a choice to use LED and save energy.
The only difference now is that we lost our choice.
There use to be a choice to use lead paint but the government took that away too. Why aren’t you mad about that too?
@@yourin8er Don't forget lead gasoline that you huffed until you became a transgender Satanists communist.
@@yourin8er no one said anyone was mad. However, anyone is free to infer. The government was much different 30, 40, 50 years ago…, no?
Yeah who needs choices. Yay slavery
it took a law to put seatbelts in cars. It took a law to get fuel economy standards from 8 miles a gallon to 20 miles a gallon it took a law to put tempered glass in the cars. Sorry free market economic doesn’t always work well.
If there is a better "mouse trap" the consumers will always gravitate to it. We don't need the government to ram it down the consumers' throats!
Mouse traps don’t put unneeded loads on the electric grid.
@drunk_astronomy but in this case, assuming the LEDs are the better "mouse traps" the consumers will purchase them without any government intervention. And to your point, there will be less consumption of electricity.
@@tonyel99 it took a law to mandate seatbelts in cars. It took a law to make vehicles go from 8 miles per gallon to 20 miles per gallon. It took a law to put tempered glass in your car.
I actually work with energy utilities for a living and the grid is overloaded. The last thing we need is something stupid like incandescent lightbulbs. Stop virtue signaling. You’re worse than the left you claim to hate.
@@drunk_astronomy An LED is an electronic device. There is an environmental cost to LED's more so than a regular incandescent bulb.
@@Partysize2 that’s a really stupid comment. The amount of energy, the incandescent lightbulbs waste greatly exceeds the amount of energy to produce semiconductors. Sell your car go and go buy a horse!
We all have to do our part...so I just unplugged a row of electric cars no one was using...
exactly . the same group of ding dongs that are banning lite bulbs to save electricity also want everyone to buy electric cars which would all be a huge strain on the electirical grid and infrastructure and cause much more energy usage than light bulbs .
Vandal maggot
Nice way to signal your virtual.
They did the same here in Canada banning regular light bulbs. Now a single LED bulb for your home can be between 7- 11$. It's nothing but a money grab.
They don't cost that much unless you're getting the fancy, color changing, wifi bulbs that connect to your phone, or specialty bulbs. Normal ones will generally cost a couple bucks each. Yeah, it's still more than incandescent, but you'll make the money back through lower electric bills and fewer replacements.
Incandescent 40 watt A19 bulbs sold for less than a dollar at HD, equivalent LED bulbs are more than 4 times the price.
Haven’t had one yet that lasted longer than 4 months.
@@robertherman1146 ... man you really need to shop around. Just went to Home Depot website and saw a 4 pack of 60w for $7.49. Walmart has 4 packs of GE for $8.97. Lowes has a 16 pack of in store brand for $22.98. Like I said, the fancy ones can get expensive, but the everyday bulbs will go for around $2 or $3 each. It pays for itself in lower bills.
And you say yours only lasted 4 months? Yeah ok. That seems hella unlucky. I haven't replaced a bulb in years, except by choice. Do you remember what brand? And was this recently? I ask because yeah, the early LEDs were crap, but the current ones are way better. I don't know if they'll really last 15 or 20 years, but 10 wouldn't surprise me.
@@stephencooper3583 Check again. Here in Quebec, Canada, at Rona you can 2 very basic, non-dimmable, GE, led 60W equivalent bulb in ugly blue-white color temperature for 11.99$ before taxes. That is 6$ a piece and they lasted no more than 6 months each. Anything fancier than that (that will actually look more like an incandescent and function like one, eg. dimmable) will cost you more.
Ah yes, and they don't give off heat. So a more cold drafts in the winter as the heat is less distributed equally across the house.
Each time one goes bad we throw away 100% more plastic in the garbage (as they don't recycle those) and electronics (they don't recycle the chips either). The old bulbs were glass and metal. Recyclable and insanely cheap to produce.
the same group of ding dongs that are banning lite bulbs to save electricity also want everyone to buy electric cars which would all be a huge strain on the electirical grid and infrastructure and cause much more energy usage than light bulbs .
No one will save a dime because the cost of electricity will continue to rise.
Exactly! No way are electric companies gonna lose thier huge profits.
@@pinkfreud62 electric companies are not legally allowed to make profit off of the sale of electricity they make their money off of building infrastructure based on capital investments by local electric municipalities. If you decided to learn a few things that didn’t reaffirm your existing worldview you would know that.
Based
And the next government mandate is...suckers.
Around 80% of bulbs being sold were LED, the ban was unnecessary. Incandescent bulbs provide better lighting and are cheaper; this is why they won’t be banned on vehicle headlights.
I used to use the incandescent bulbs. I had 3 in my front room ceiling light, they lasted about 5 months. Now I use 1 led, warm white, 250 lumens, which is A+ energy rating. One bulb doesn't light the room as bright as 3 but hey, how bright do you want the room if you're just chillin watching TV and having a beer or dinner.
These bulbs are a little bit more expensive, BUT the one in my living room now has been in there 5 years, as opposed to the old ones at 5 months.
I bought a box of 3 and still got 2 left. On the box it states a bulb will last 5 years. I'm in the UK so our electric is 240 volts where USA is (I think) 110. Just decide which higher lumens you want.
When you add in the cost of operation, LEDs are cheaper than incandescent.
dumb
not when you have to buy 8 sets to find one that works with your dimmer, 3 shopping trips, a ton of plastic production and all that silicon + rare earth metal mining, all combined emmited more co2 than the lifespan of a 24 pack of tungstens, and replace the thing when it gets outlived by a 5 year old clearance bin 40w bulb, only for the new color temp to be a few degrees off, forcing you to replace all the other bulbs
by this point you pay a years energy bill over bs claims
more heat, blue light, switching whine, less life, no heat resistance, backfed electrical noise all for the low cost of $7 a bulb, for 2-4 years of life
as a bonus, the plastic, silicon and rare earth metals ensure my led will be a landfill time capsule for future generations to see how we went the wrong way with saving the planet
I couldn't have said it better myself. Well said. I use night light bulbs. I can get a 4 pack for a $1.00 and can light 4 rooms on that same $1.00. With led, 4 rooms will be $40.00, not worth it.
Infrared light is very beneficial for our health and well-being. Incandescent bulbs are the only household lights that emit infrared light.
lets focus on the positives...still plenty of dirt cheap fentanyl around...oddly enough manufactured by the same people making LED bulbs and buying Hunters art...
You speak 💯 % truth!!
HA !!! That's several good ones in a row !!!
Only stupid people would agree with this comment.
What these law makers seem to neglect are those who are photosensitive to flashing lights, and these LEDs cause seizures. What a joke.
The DOE just doesn't care at all. They were made aware of the health problems that LEDs cause, and went ahead with the ban anyway.
You realize high wuality leds don’t cause flicker
@@ongohamza8315 You realize even "low quality" incandescent lights don't suffer from flickering?
@@Main267 Yeah that’s my point, not all LEDs flicker lol. But lower quality incandescent lights are even less efficient only converting 1-2% of it’s energy to light and they generally last less than 2000hrs I’d rather pay more up front for a high CRI led and have that for 15 years than pay 20x that in power bills and bulb replacements.
@@ongohamza8315 What you'd rather spend money on is your choice. The point is the government has removed the choice all together. That's my point. These people didn't choose to be photosensitive, and these older bulbs are a saving grace.
Ill still use incandescent bulbs. I will not comply with the government.
Based
incandescent lightbulbs last 1000 hours, statistically speaking, you will run out of lightbulbs.
@@drunk_astronomy I'll just order them online.
@@BackroomsSlayer unless it’s eBay online retailers are retailers. The bottom line is once all of them are used up. There will be no longer incandescent lightbulbs because they are not being made by anybody, anywhere.
China stopped making them, Europe stopped making them, now we stopped making them nobody makes them anymore. Welcome to the future.
@@drunk_astronomy Yup, Europe walked away from those old bulbs a while ago. I am surprised China did but hey, it is China. You never know. Russia? also leaving the old bulb behind, other asian areas, same.
One day old light bulbs will be like CRT monitors, they are not made anymore!
The "NEW" contraband to be smuggled in from Mexico, old style incandescent bulbs.
🤔 Theres an idea💡
I have a genuine reproduction handmade Edison lightbulb with the harp filament. It’s incandescent and it’s been running 24 seven 365 days a year since 2015 it has 78,840 hours on it and yes it’s still running right now
What voltage?
110v
@@EdisonMan-bj7ti I have an antique jubilee bulb. I actually bought a power supply for it to keep it below 80V. Of course, I very rarely turn it on.
Hell yeah that’s awesome I have two 1908 Edison GEM lightbulbs they both work but I don’t use them. But if I do powered them up I keep them at reduced voltage
@@EdisonMan-bj7ti indeed!
I cannot believe we cannot choose our lightbulbs, it seems likesuch a small thing but it isn't, these new bulbs are awful, horrible looking in all rooms, this is another Government controlled future we are dealing with, gas stoves, our cars going electric (waste), parental rights in danger, on and on, we r in trouble!
You’ll survive
Bingo.
If I lived in Tampa I wouldn't buy anything from Craig at Complete Lighting.
All this....to save $100 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
UPTO $100. Folk have a habit of leaving unnecessary lights on throughout the house. I spend a lot of time in my front room and only switch other lights on when I'm going into those other rooms, then switch off again when I leave those rooms.
@lovelylotus717(I'm WAY too early to join this 🎉)I already WHUPPED the government 3 years AHEAD of this BS ban. I use THE LEAST energy where I live. Battery powered lights make MORE sense(right after charging their batteries.).100.00 IS A JOKE. WTF is that going to be used for...!?!
We switched to all leds 2 years ago. Didn’t notice any savings in electric bill, in fact our bill increased due to increases from the utility company.
Also not getting more than 4 months out of these leds. Got em at HD.
@@robertherman1146 guess what utility company was going to increase your right no matter what. So LED’s are your friend, don’t be afraid they don’t bite.
@@robertherman1146 Unless you are running 100s of bulbs all day/everyday, you won't see any savings from using LEDs. And yes, I agree, they don't last, which is why I'm sticking with halogens as long as I can. Repeal the ban!
What about my chickens in winter?
There are exceptions made for the type of bulbs that are used for warming purposes
Yeah I don’t think those apply or oven lights I think are still ok since led won’t work
I don't think heat lamps will faze out anytime soon. Your chickens will be ok.
@@nakitanashNo there aren’t, A19 incandescent bulbs are required for Lava Lamps and are now illegal.
Another small American business will be destroyed by government.
@@robertkustos2931Heat lamps are on the banned list.
Just the beginning! The list includes refrigerators,gas stoves,air conditioners,gas powered lawnmower,weed eaters,generators,cars,trucks etc...
And guns
stuff stuff stuff and stuff. Words words.
@@drunk_astronomy Drink some shots, look through your telescope, and get your booster.
@@jamieburgess1460 I will, I have and I did. Thanks for the good advice!
I had an LED in my daughter’s room, & 1 night we heard a loud bang & the thing shattered. The BASE was extremely HOT! I checked others, same thing EXCEPT the regular bulbs & I left those up!!
Oh my god. That sounds horrifying.
@@Rabbitlord108 Also sounds like a lie.
@@purplesprigs I agree.
LEDs are extremely dangerous
@@Rabbitlord108It never happened.
what a crock of crap! This government is way out on line!
No they aren’t.
@@drunk_astronomy Get off the alcohol!
@@drunk_astronomyYou’ll consume anything they feed you! Incondesistent Lighting plays a big role in farming and agriculture but I’m sure you're ok with eating bugs and lab grown meat, but even if you're not, it won’t matter for long because I’m sure you were also a good little sheep and took all of your vaccines. Good luck with all that! I hope you wake up before your woke nonsense gets the best of you my friend.
@@rarebreeds8738 I’ll quit drinking when you quit running headfirst into a brick wall.
Gangnam
What about the Easy Bake Oven?
HA !
40w Appliance bulbs are still sold. so you can still have your easy bake oven or lava lamp, you cant put a led in a oven.
@@brianmoran3450 40w Appliance bulbs are still sold. so you can still have your easy bake oven or lava lamp, you cant put a led in a oven.
Ha!
Not a peep from the people. It is at the point media can convince us when to get mad and when to not care.
What happens to the farmers who use incandescent bulbs for heat lamps? LEDs don't work!
They still sell heat lamps. 🙄
They do not work in salt lamps either! Remember you will own nothing and be happy is happening. No real food, no clean water, no clean air, no say in anything, thanks to our overlords who say they care so much about us.
Those types of bulbs are exempt. You'll also still be able to get incandescent bulbs for use appliances like ovens I'm working a school cafeteria and many of our heated appliances have incandescent bulbs what's have like a heat resistant plastic coating just in the unlikely event that shatter to prevent contamination. I'm talking about steam tables and heated food chutes where we put our hamburgers in chicken patty sandwiches.
*COME & TAKE IT!!!*
please state your address.
I'm with you. I know, right!
2:25 Instead of having the freedom to own the actual product, now you can get a bulb that mimics it. absolute CLOWN WORLD.
I wonder if they'll try to stop scalpers from selling incandescents online.
I doubt it. Plus, when it stops being a rightwing virtue signal, people won’t even talk about the ban.
I bought HUNDREDS of incandescent bulbs ten years ago in reaction to this upcoming Government BAN .All sizes and wattages...glad I did.
Why? So you can signal virtue by paying an insanely high utility bill for no reason? Hey folks, we got a winner here!
These bulbs will be sold on the corner im college hill for $20 👀🤣
There's still selling incandescent bulbs on eBay as much as 2 to 300 watts. I seen a 1500 watt light bulb on there
are they gonna steal our lightbulbs
No. It’s a manufacture and sale ban.
A bulb that burns twice as bright live half as long.
That’s not how light bulbs work
Many with poor vision prefer filament bulbs, especially for reading.
Phillips LEDs are indistinguishable from incandescent bulbs. Use those.
@@drunk_astronomyIt's understandable you are unable to manage your own life and take responsibility for yourself. You have replied to every comment that is against this mandate. A lot of people are willing to spend a little bit of extra money on their electric bill for certain lights in their house to be incandescent. I mostly use LED but I use incandescent in certain sockets where I would like to dim a nice smooth filament. I'm sure there are things you spend money on that emit carbon that are not necessary for your existence but for your pleasure.
The only reason you support this is because you have a mental disorder in which you derive pleasure from controlling people. You are too weak to control people on your own and so you support a mob that does the aggressing for you. It is really pathetic from a third party perspective. Instead of worrying about the $10 I would like to spend extra on my electric bill for quality lighting in a few sockets, how about the 500 billion stolen from the public and sent over to Ukraine to slaughter people. Or the countless other ways our government robs us of our resources.
@@drunk_astronomystill not the same
@@gleelights9525 I did the Pepsi challenge with my mother in law. It tricked her and you are a contrarian.
I can buy an SUV that gets 10 mpg, but I can't buy an incandescent light bulb?
Americans panic buying light bulbs, how American.
Yeah let's ban bulbs that put out a reasonable amount of light.
What we need is more led and stupid bright lights. Because the geriatrics in congress are definitely the best people to make that decision.
Not sure how you mean. A 60w incandescent puts out the same brightness as a 60w equivalent LED. 800 lumens is 800 lumens, regardless of the source.
The difference is that the LED runs off about 8w instead of 60w, and saves money on your electric bill.
@@stephencooper3583You are probably the same kind of person who also thinks teens and young adults still jumping inside a bouncy castle sometimes is okay too
incandescent bulb provides heat.
Fluorescent lamps will be next
CFL were banned too. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Abortion is legal but not what kind of energy we use!
I say we abort a fetus with electricity!
So what about pet reptiles who need them?
Products exist.
Guess who's buying incandescent Christmas string lights for a wind down evening option? 😂 Scent warmers are another mood lighting option too. If I relied solely on LEDs my insomnia would be off the charts.
He put the Throgs Neck bridge through the middle of New York Maritime College out of spite! They wouldn’t give him an office in Fort Schuyler so he put the bridge through the middle of the campus permanently stunting growth of the campus. It was an indirect route.
LEDs DO NOT last 25 times longer, that’s a myth.
yes they do
I'd guess it depends on usage. I don't know about 25x, but I'd wager that 10x is a safe bet. So you cut buying replacement bulbs 10 to 1, and you save on the energy cost per bulb (60w vs 8w).
The typical home will probably save a couple hundred bucks a year. The more lights, the more savings. Mathematically, you can't lose in the long run.
Eat taco bell please
Taco Bell rules! Ohh and trump is going to jail and Sleepy Joe will be president for 4 more years.
I only have one 60watt light bulb left, and when that bulb goes so does tge last light socket. The government can't tell me that I can't ban all of my light sockets. Try this one for size government. All CFL's, and L.E.Ds have been banned in my house! I all ready have taken steps to remove all light sockets off of my ceilings, and removing all light switches as well. Next I will be removing the circuit breakers, and the wiring from my service panel that control the lighting circuits. If I can't have my incandescent bulbs, I will not support or have tge circuits that power them! I will also be removing many of the replicas in my house, so that no added lighting can be used. The only ones that will remain will be for the fridge, TV and other small appliances. Try that for size!
this is so messed up you should be able to choose.
Sense when government care if we save money. It’s more to this
Have fun if you have older homes with older style lighting bases and/or ballasts. The bulbs might save you money in the long run if you’re just swapping a bulb.
That's not the point. if LEDs are as great as you claim then a ban wouldn't be necessary.
@@jvanek8512Wow two stupid comments for the price of one!
365 days later
But where i live the power company is raising power bills $18 a month . So how does that save us money ?
That’s not how you get billed, learn with a kilowatt hour is.
What's going to happen with Scentsy pots???
Don't do it
You'll get used to it long term.
In Europe the sales ban has been around a long time. So long that many probably by now are through any old style bulbs.
And though yes early LED lights were... questionable. Many modern ones are pretty decent.
I pick up in the comments that many houses have sub par wiring...
What’s funny is Led’s draw lower amps then incandescent bulbs. So if anything it’s more safe to have lower current.
Really what we have a situation of a bunch of boomers and conservatives having a fox news induced panic attack. They have become nothing more than a closed society of contrarians.
@@drunk_astronomy ... Some people just have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 😆
But once they get over their stages of grief, they will eventually try LEDs (when they have no choice after their incandescents run out) and realize they aren't half bad. Heck, they might even enjoy watching their electric bills drop.
@@stephencooper3583 you seem too ignorant to realize something that may seem like a small thing, such as banning icondesesnt, is really taking away your freedom of choice. If you had a car that was old, but still ran good, would you be alright with being forced to buy a brand new one if the governemnt said that your old one was not 'gas efficient?' I don't know what it is like where you live, but for me I need that warmth from the incondesent in the winter. It gets COLD where I live. Any extra heat is necessary. And I am not okay with the force change of something that has been around for a long time, and has working perfectly fine. Last I checked, freedom means having a choice, but apparently not anymore. Our freedoms are being taken away, until we only are allowed to have have LED and electric cars and electric stoves. No choice between gas or electric appliances is coming next after this. Just wait. Then no cash will be allowed. Don't you understand? This is not for the greater good. It is all about taking away our freedoms. I will go back to candle and lanterns before I switch to LED lights.
@@mr.osprey1172 You're 100% right.
I hate leds. They are so unnatural and bad for eyes
First it’s incandescent light bulbs next they’ll be banning the manufacturing and sale of gas powered cars with the same reasoning.
Another reason to say FJB
😂 your children will starve in a violent world because you thought things will always be the same. 😂 yet you march on
Wow, the LED light bulb foreigner is in favor of folks only having one type of bulb that he gets to mark up the price on. Go figure.
Its saves you money if your house is correctly wired for it. If not you'll be replace those bulbs more often... This is what you voted for and suffer you iwn consequences
Are you dumb or something?! They’re bulbs! Standard Edison base socket bulbs.
Guess your not the brightest bulb.
no more dimmer switches
LEDs work on dimmers
@@drunk_astronomybull 🤡🤡 regardless of what i see I will never believe that
new "dimmable" leds from reputable brands like philips and fiet have all hummed, buzzed, flickered, or strobed on new lutron led compatible dimmers for me
leds make me save energy by forcing me to turn the lights off completely
All those poor easy bake oven chefs.
incandescent appliance lightbulb still exist, and will always exist. You cannot put an LED inside of an oven. That is why they are exempt.
@@drunk_astronomy they may want to put a warning on the LED bulbs especially now that more and more of them look identical to a regular incandescent especially if it has frosted glass. My oven doesn't have convection so I'm not concerned about vibration. In the past we have put regular 60 watt incandescent bulbs in it. However I just make sure I keep a supply of proper Appliance bulbs.
This sort of control matters more than racism.
And the most pointless comment in this entire thread, goes to you! Congratulations you get the special ribbon for special people.👍
@@drunk_astronomyYou probably also think that college students should be allowed to learn chemistry too 🤡
@@drunk_astronomy Imagine commenting something with value. For instance, presenting a counter-argument, wouldn't that be amazing. But, minds like yours are the current wave of political argumentation, pathetic.
Businesses should have switched a long time ago since they have to keep dozens of lights on throughout the day. At home we can save as we've done since the beginning of time, only turning on lights on the room with people, and not when they are watching TV or computer. How is he going to gain shelf space in the store when there are endless varieties of LED.
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Headache?
Boy, I wish the biggest problem I had to deal with in my life was on what lightbulb to buy.
This comment section is the definition of a first world white person problem.
You fool
At least wyt ppl have light and electricity.
@@codygames5415 the only person I ever knew that did not have electricity was a white guy. conspiracy nuts!
Bro I just checked nearly every comment. You nearly commented on all of em, talk about first world white person problems lol.
@@acamera367running stop signs risks a T-bone accident
Yes you being forced to care more about the environment! Its about time!
More toxic waste in our environment is not caring for it. Carbon fiber Windmill blades never disintegrate, also need oil, kill birds. Solar panels are toxic to build also non recyclable, Electric vehicles catch fire, useless after a flood, child labor is used to mine lithium. Do some research before you say it is for the environment, it is all about profit over people.
F the environment
Ok eco fascist
You can’t make me do anything.
You know you all live in the ‘environment” right?
🤔Come to think of it let the environment go to hell!
I don't see private jets being banned.
Great idea! I agree!!