(B.N. Frank) Research has already determined that “energy-efficient” LED light bulbs are biologically and environmentally harmful (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Nevertheless, proponents – including the Biden Administration – continue to promote them as “green” and want them installed EVERYWHERE. In fact, earlier this month, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would provide funding for their installation in low-income homes. More recently, the Biden Administration took steps to end the production of safer bulbs.
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by B.N. Frank, April 27th, 2022
From Newser:
Old-Fashioned Light Bulbs Are Handed a Death Sentence
Advocates praise move to wind down use of ’19th-century technology’
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
(Newser) – The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, speeding an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools, and businesses billions of dollars a year. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell energy-efficient light bulbs, accelerating a longtime industry practice to use compact fluorescent and LED bulbs that last 25 to 50 times longer than incandescent bulbs, the AP reports. The Trump administration had slowed an earlier phaseout of incandescents, saying it was targeting rules that burden businesses.
Once the new rules are fully in place next year, consumers should save nearly $3 billion per year on their utility bills, the Energy Department said. The rules are projected to cut planet-warming carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next 30 years, an amount equivalent to emissions generated by 28 million homes in one year, officials said. The new rules expand energy-efficiency requirements to more types of light bulbs and ban the sale of bulbs that produce less than 45 lumens per watt—a measure of how much light is emitted for each unit of electricity.
In 2020, about 30% of light bulbs sold in the United States were incandescent or halogen incandescent bulbs, according to industry groups. Andrew deLaski, executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, said that while retailers will be able to sell inefficient bulbs until July 2023, “responsible chains ought to get them off their shelves as soon as possible and certainly by the end of this year.” Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy nonprofit, said LED bulbs “have become so inexpensive that there’s no good reason for manufacturers to keep selling 19th-century technology that just isn’t very good at turning electrical energy into light.”
(Read more light bulbs stories.)
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I do NOT recommend these energy-efficient bulbs to ANYONE. Please do not install these lights. My mother had these put in all over her home and when I found out, I was appalled. I was aware of the negative health effects of cutting out part of the full spectrum light (which is essentially what these bulbs do). So, it seems that in the move for “energy efficiency’, we are now expected to sacrifice our health. The rule should be: FIRST DO NO HARM. These energy efficient bulbs are harmful, and will also mess with your circadian rhythms and sleep. So, I queried an electrician about the possibility of mum changing back, and we were told that it is ILLEGAL to remove them once you have them. So, my advice is – stock up on the old bulbs and DON’T make the switch. The problem with our leaderships is that they are so busy virtue-signalling about the environment that a ton of less healthy or dead humans are simply considered “collateral damage.” Beware of the death cult!