America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    These aren’t really sound points, although they’re logical on paper.

    This is namely because you’re over simplifying matters. People don’t just adopt things because they’re “good”

    Look at Betamax, that shit was definitely better than DVD technically but people still bought in. As much as I’d love to believe in simple, traditional economic ideals - they’re just sugar water and it’s sure to cause vision problems if you continue to consume it so recklessly

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        LEDS are not the the problem, it’s the soldering them that inconveniences most people.

        There’s plenty of startups that are pushing for more modular (think Lego brick) technologies to help us be more sustainable and replaceable in the digital age

        It’s the same reason lightbulbs aren’t hard wired to the house and are instead fastened