Energy Department to prolong the lives of incandescent light bulbs (Cld cost 14 billion)

[bronxiteforever]

Washington Post
By Steven Mufson
September 4 at 4:26 PM

The Trump administration on Wednesday rolled back yet another Obama-era regulation. This time the Energy Department issued two final rules that will prolong the life of certain old-fashioned — and energy-intensive — incandescent lightbulbs invented by Thomas Edison 140 years ago. The bulbs would otherwise have been effectively phased out by Jan. 1.

The rollback will mean $14 billion a year in higher energy costs and add to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the Appliance Standards Awareness Project and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.

The Energy Department said phasing out the bulbs would be “a lose-lose for consumers” because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs. And it said it would be “regulating these lightbulbs out of existence.”

...Saving energy used by lightbulbs was a goal set by Congress in 2007 when it adopted bipartisan legislation later signed by President George W. Bush. The law set high efficiency standards for lightbulbs, effectively moving the country toward more efficient compact fluorescent and LED bulbs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/04/energy-department-prolong-lives-incandescent-light-bulbs/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Anybody so fucking angry their entire body SHAKING IN RAGE YET?

[bronxiteforever]

2. +1 I am so mad I can't comment

[angstlessk]

3. We bought energy saving light bulbs and they last for years

as opposed to two incandescent bulbs per year.

AND the bulbs don't get HOT

[Newest Reality]

4. That lose-lose is bull.

Consumers then pay more for electricity which can be costly in many areas.

The bulbs pay for themselves in a short time and last much longer. This move cannot be justified for the reasons stated.

Just how much bull are they going to shovel and who is it that gains in that rollback?

As you can see all the globes paid for themselves in less than a year.

7W paid for itself in less than 9 months

9W paid for itself in less than 8 months and the

13W paid for itself in less than 5 months

This means buying LED globes is likely going to give you a much better return than the stock market. Earning over 100% of their cost (in savings) each year.

https://carbonpositivelife.com/led-lights-to-pay-for-themselves/

[bronxiteforever]

7. +1 Great points. Totally agree.

[Turbineguy]

5. Wingnuts claimed there was an evil conspiracy

afoot.

LED's make conservatives dumber. They don't affect lubruls.

[TheRealNorth]

6. I love the newer LEDS

I have had 1 or 2 defective bulbs, but they last so much longer then the incandescent bulbs.