Was a helluva run Thomas Edison

[Cloaca du jour 2,147]

It’s time to say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb.

A Biden administration ban on incandescent lights bulbs starts Aug. 1. On that day, Americans will only be able to purchase LED lights from retailers due to Department of Energy requirements that manufacturers only make and sell energy-efficient light emitting diode, or LED, light bulbs. LED bulbs, while more expensive, last 25-50 times longer and use less electricity

 

[RLLD 4,143]

Technology creates obsolecence. Natural flow of innovation.

[thegeneral 2,889]

Bring back the abacus!

[RogerDodger 797]

Oh boy, next comes vacuum tubes and betamax. 

Lazer focused on the important stuff.  

[Baker Boy 1,687]

1 hour ago, Cloaca du jour said:

It’s time to say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb.

A Biden administration ban on incandescent lights bulbs starts Aug. 1. On that day, Americans will only be able to purchase LED lights from retailers due to Department of Energy requirements that manufacturers only make and sell energy-efficient light emitting diode, or LED, light bulbs. LED bulbs, while more expensive, last 25-50 times longer and use less electricity

 

My experience is, this is not true.

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

People still buy incandescent bulbs for their homes?

[edjr 6,578]

I just watched a movie last night called Edison - What a cast.  Movie was meh

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389957/

[lickin_starfish 1,889]

1 hour ago, RLLD said:

Technology creates obsolecence. Natural flow of innovation.

In this case, technology didn't create obsolescence, legislation did.

 

People still use incandescent lights for things, such as a source of heat in the winter for animals.

[RLLD 4,143]

1 minute ago, lickin_starfish said:

In this case, technology didn't create obsolescence, legislation did.

 

People still use incandescent lights for things, such as a source of heat in the winter for animals.

It might linger, not unlike leaded gasoline.  But the benefits will hopefully be measurable. 

[Baker Boy 1,687]

6 minutes ago, RLLD said:

It might linger, not unlike leaded gasoline.  But the benefits will hopefully be measurable. 

Unfortunately, the government never sets up metrics to track there legislation so we will never know.

[lickin_starfish 1,889]

1 hour ago, Baker Boy said:

Unfortunately, the government never sets up metrics to track there legislation so we will never know.

If Hussein's mansion isn't under water by 2025, we'll assume the lightbulb confiscation worked.

[Mike Honcho 5,093]

 

[thegeneral 2,889]

Similar stories were shouted by the Village Crier when they stopped whaling in Nantucket!

[Engorgeous George 2,124]

14 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Similar stories were shouted by the Village Crier when they stopped whaling in Nantucket!

And now they are killing whales by altering their ecosystem to install wind farms in the whales natural habitat.

[Dizkneelande 1,085]

Good riddance those thing burn your fingers something awful. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,310]

Tesla>Edison

 

[Engorgeous George 2,124]

15 hours ago, Dizkneelande said:

Good riddance those thing burn your fingers something awful. 

The heart of the EZ bake oven.