Donald Trump Defends Bringing Back ‘Better’ Incandescent Light Bulbs

[BigYellowLemon]

Yeah incandescent bulbs are inefficient as a light source when compared to fluorescent or LED'S, but the quality of light is far superior, and in reality all the electricity which is "wasted" is in fact as wasted as the electricity used on heating is (such as for the entire house or a space heater).

For those in a climate which requires heating, incandescent bulbs are completely worth it. Nothing is wasted, you have to heat your house anyways, and it functions as a space heater.

Totally 100% worth it and all talk about inefficiency is imo a corporate conspiracy to switch to unhealthy sources of light which make companies a bigger profit.

Incandescent bulbs have tons of benefits and are actively good for you and completely replicate the healthy portion of natural light (and in fact improves upon it) while fluorescent lights and to a lesser extent LED's are actively bad for you.

 

[TibRex]

I've just read the following and am posting it here for its relevance :

LED ... lighting does seem to be the wave of the future right now, given the mercury content and light quality issues with the current king-of-the-hill of green bulbs, the compact fluorescent (CFL). LEDs use significantly less energy than even CFLs, and do not contain mercury. And they are becoming economically competitive with CFLs at the point of purchase while yielding superior quality lighting and energy bill savings down the line.

But LEDs do have a dark side. A study published in late 2010 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found that LEDs contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially dangerous substances. LEDs are touted as the next generation of lighting,” says Oladele Ogunseitan, one of the researchers behind the study and chair of the University of California (UC)-Irvine’s Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention. “But as we try to find better products that do not deplete energy resources or contribute to global warming, we have to be vigilant [about] toxicity hazards….”

Source : The Dark Side of LED Lightbulbs

 

[ddjd]

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