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Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. (www.digitaljournal.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does anybody use incandescent light bulbs as radiators?

Yes. I've done it personally a couple times.

Because it's the only alternative use I can think of.

The thing about alternative uses is that they're still real even if you can't think of them.

Broad bans are a bad policy tool in general. Even if you believe in the progressive ideal of expert regulators making broad societal policies, a simple thought experiment shows the problem: What would it take to do the study to accurately determine all the negative effects of a ban? Not guessing, not wishful thinking, but really collecting and analyzing the information.

I wish people were as mad when books get banned, but sadly it's not the case

When was the last time the US federal government banned a book?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you. What is the usage of using them as a radiator? Am I wrong or does it seem quite inefficient?

Regarding your last question: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%932023_book_banning_in_the_United_States

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The link seems broken even if I copy-paste it? Wtf. It's a Wikipedia article titled " 2021–2023 book banning in the United States"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once you're doing resistive heating any resistive element is just as efficient as any other. Incandescent light bulbs have three advantages: They are cheap, easy to work with, and it's really obvious when one is turned on.

As for your link, it's talking about arguments about which books should be made available at school and local libraries. In no sense is that even related to the federal government banning books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well I've never said the US federal government is banning books, but I wish people were as mad when their local schools and libraries do that :-)