Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban

[1 Patriot-of-many]

When they started using LEDs for the traffic lights they ran into a problem. In the winter time the snow was packing onto them and drivers couldn't tell what color light was lit up.

The old incandescent bulbs produced enough heat to melt off the snow, the new LED lights didn't.

Same thing with lights on trucks and trailers. They get covered quickly.

[l921428x]

Those new LED bulbs are so superior to incandescents. Sure they cost $30 each, but they last 15 years and save you a SHITLOAD on electricity costs, as they only sip about 7-watts and generate the same amount of soft white light as 60-watt incandescents do.

I don't really care for CFLs because many of them give off a bluish sort of tint and take too long to "warm up" before they are generating maximum light, which really sucks in the bathroom. But LEDs are awesome. Eventually they will come down in price and be as cheap as incandescents, but the more early adopters the faster that will happen.

There really is a lot we can do in terms of conservation to meet our future energy needs. Instead of building a shitload more coal and nuclear plants, if we just replaced every incandescent bulb with an LED, we could meet our nation's energy needs for the next 50 years without building a single new coal or nuke plant. That's good news for the planet, and our pocket-books.

you are so full of shit, the gov spent 10 times the money you are talking of to get mercury out of the system, just to fuckin put it back in.

[1 Patriot-of-many]

you are so full of shit, the gov spent 10 times the money you are talking of to get mercury out of the system, just to fuckin put it back in.

Isn't that the truth. LAGC and his likeness spent years telling us about the mercury in landfills only to ignore the obvious mercury in landfills that their subsidized lightbulbs will put right back in. The lunacy of the left never ceases!

[American Rage]

Didn't the last American incandescent light bulb factory already close?

Point being that if they are no longer made, isn't it a bit too late to be passing laws to save them?

[LAGC]

you are so full of shit, the gov spent 10 times the money you are talking of to get mercury out of the system, just to fuckin put it back in.

You're thinking of CFL bulbs. LED bulbs have no mercury, and no mercury is used in their manufacture either.

[Krupski]

You're thinking of CFL bulbs. LED bulbs have no mercury, and no mercury is used in their manufacture either.

I suppose people would freak out if they knew arsenic was used in the production of light emitting diodes...