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.

  • tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
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    Does anybody use incandescent light bulbs as radiators? Because it’s the only alternative use I can think of.

    In the European Union we banned them 10 years ago and people just continued their lives. I wish people were as mad when books get banned, but sadly it’s not the case

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      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?

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          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"

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          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.

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            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 :-)