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It aint happening 'till 2014? I've been stocking up on these f**kers for the past 3 months. 
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lol incandescents aren't going away.
The new law doesn't ban incandescents. It merely states that all light bulbs must adhere to the new energy efficient regulations. Well when they first passed the law, no incandescents met the new standards (that was like...2007). But the enforcement wasn't set to begin till this month.
Well hey guess what? In the intervening five years, incandescent bulb manufacturers figured out how to make their bulbs to give out the same wattage and yet meet the new efficiency standards. You know those bulbs you've been stocking up on for three months? They already meet the new standards, sucker.
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Because of ever changing ROHS standards, incandescents may go the way of the 8 track before any significant shift to them comes in to fruition anyway.
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Sometimes it's good to follow actual news. 
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notmforce2k posted:
Sometimes it's good to follow actual news.
That goes against the ACF bible 
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I'm good. Light bulb socialism was delayed 'till October 2012. So there's still time.
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haha the OP is a sucker
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Atleast i'm not a swallower. 
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It's a slippery slope.
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The focus this year is on 100W bulbs. Bulbs such as refrigerator or small chandelier sizes probably never.
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AliHajiSheik posted:
The focus this year is on 100W bulbs. Bulbs such as refrigerator or small chandelier sizes probably never.
Doesn't matter. The new bulbs are supposed to emit the equivalent of 100W of light while only using 72W. So you're using less wattage and getting the same amount of light.
So yeah "technically" you can never buy a 100W bulb again after they start enforcing this, but it won't matter because you can still get incandescents and they'll still be just as bright.
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in my opinion, all current lighting should be switched to infrared LEDS because it would be cool to walk around wearing night vision goggles
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Onslaught. posted:
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AliHajiSheik posted:
The focus this year is on 100W bulbs.
Thats what i've been stocking up on. 16.9 lm/w baby!
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My new desk lamp is one of those LED things, and it replaced a halogen lamp that was at least 10 years old. I'm still not sure if I like it or not, but they're supposed to last a long time and be very energy efficient. I imagine mine is as it gives off almost no heat when it's on.
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combat_mage_sc posted:
Atleast i'm not a swallower.
Says the person who defeated the ONLY advantage incandescents have, up-front cost, by stockpiling them. They cost more just in replacement costs, let alone energy costs, as they require far more frequent replacement, they're more fragile, and of course they take more energy.
I'm not sure who you helped out on that one. Certainly not yourself.
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Onslaught. posted:
Fail. I have a pack of both on hand, and BOTH are made in China.
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Arc_DT posted:
Onslaught. posted:
Fail. I have a pack of both on hand, and BOTH are made in China.
Why do you think that cartoon is fail?
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It takes 40 times more energy to make the compact fluorescent light bulbs.
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combat_mage_sc posted:
It takes 40 times more energy to make the compact fluorescent light bulbs.
And uses 90% more electricity to despose of the bulbs safley.
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combat_mage_sc posted:
It takes 40 times more energy to make the compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Compare the overall energy cost to fabricate and dispose of the bulb to the overall energy consumed by the bulb over its life. I bet the fraction is nominally small.
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You enjoy your dirty electricity.
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combat_mage_sc posted:
You enjoy your dirty electricity.
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