It’s Official: Stores Can No Longer Sell Most Incandescent Lights
www.nytimes.com
New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect, relegating Edison’s glowing orbs to the history books.

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  • pec@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Here we heat our homes 70% of the year, I wonder, does that mean the heat was not a energy loss during that time?

    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Nope. Same with things like GPUs in winter. OTOH, if you are using AC to cool a place, then you should factor in the cost of cooling into the cost of running the bulbs.