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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.

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[-] qyron@lemmy.pt 18 points 1 year ago

I'm sitting inside a house where, presently, all lights turned on at the same time will require 30w. Before we went through all the lights, a single lightbulb would use 45w.

Just by replacing the old light bulbs, we reduced energy consumption and the number of lights required to light a room.

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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