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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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[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, I just think that if the technology is good enough, people will adopt it anyway so it's not needed, and bans can be bad like idk if you support banning drugs but it can create unintended harms (maybe there is a legit use for the old bulbs in some places, and by no means have people used up the supply we already have)

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These aren’t really sound points, although they’re logical on paper.

This is namely because you’re over simplifying matters. People don’t just adopt things because they’re “good”

Look at Betamax, that shit was definitely better than DVD technically but people still bought in. As much as I’d love to believe in simple, traditional economic ideals - they’re just sugar water and it’s sure to cause vision problems if you continue to consume it so recklessly

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com -1 points 1 year ago

True, but most of the US already did buy into LEDs.