{"id":4687,"date":"2023-08-01T14:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:22:32","slug":"incandescent-light-bulb-ban-starts-on-august-1-gas-stove-ban-coming-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4687","title":{"rendered":"Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Starts On August 1; Gas Stove Ban Coming Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4688\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-5-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biden\u2019s Department of Energy plans to mete out \u201cthe maximum civil penalty\u201d against manufacturers that \u201cknowingly distribute\u201d illicit light bulbs which violate their new efficiency standards.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/27\/incandescent-light-bulb-led-00107935\">Politico, \u201cWhile everyone was yelling about gas stoves, the incandescent light bulb went away\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s lights out for the incandescent bulbs that people have known, changed and singed their hands on for 140 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The modern descendant of Thomas Edison\u2019s most famous legacy is set to formally meet its demise in the U.S. at the end of this month, despite years of efforts by Republicans to extend its lifespan. As of Aug. 1, the Energy Department will fully enforce new efficiency regulations that the old bulbs can\u2019t meet, effectively prohibiting their retail sale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[\u2026] The endgame for old light bulbs came quietly \u2014 by early this year, lawmakers had mostly moved on to squabbling over gas stoves and other newer targets of the Energy Department\u2019s efficiency efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Biden regime jailing their opposition en masse, transifying kids, threatening to start WWIII and throwing open the borders, certain issues have to take a back seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Over a decade ago, though, the light bulb issue shone bright for tea party conservatives and GOP presidential hopefuls, who accused Democrats of trying to limit consumers\u2019 choices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Quick!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OEtV3QlPUaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Quick!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OEtV3QlPUaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CFL bulbs \u2014 the alternative at the time \u2014 literally induced migraine headaches in otherwise healthy people. When they broke, a hazmat team was needed to clean up the mercury they released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Republican lawmakers even succeeded in passing legislation to block the Obama administration from carrying out the new efficiency standards \u2014 sometimes to the irritation of large light bulb manufacturers that had spent big bucks preparing for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[\u2026] The fight zigged, then zagged: The Obama administration took action in its waning days to finalize the bulb efficiency requirements, only for former President Donald Trump \u2014 who once proclaimed energy-efficient bulbs made him \u201clook orange\u201d \u2014 to halt the move. But DOE pushed the rules to the finish line last year after President Joe Biden came into office with a climate agenda that includes a focus on energy efficiency measures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump blocking the ban was one of the highlights of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOE completed the action last April, but full enforcement of the rule is set to begin Aug. 1. The transition away from the inefficient bulbs has been underway for more than a year, as the department provided flexibility for manufacturers and retailers to comply with the new standard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That fight may be settled, but the larger fight over energy efficiency standards is still looming. Republican lawmakers in recent months have continually derided the Biden administration\u2019s efficiency actions on everything from more efficient stoves to laundry machines and dishwashers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For example, the Energy Department is proposing new efficiency standards covering gas stoves as well as electric stoves and ovens. Advocates say the rule would save consumers money on natural gas and lessen a source of greenhouse gas pollution, but critics point to DOE estimates that only about half of gas stoves now in the market could meet the proposed standards \u2014 something they contend amounts to a de-facto ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[\u2026] DOE said it intends to seek the maximum civil penalty against [light bulb] manufacturers that knowingly distribute products that violate the standards. The department has previously issued civil penalties worth tens of thousands of dollars for companies violating its energy conservation standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over half the country still appears to be using mostly incandescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Forty-seven percent of U.S. households reported using LED bulbs for most indoor lighting in 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration, up from only 4 percent in 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s still not clear what incandescents will survive this ban. There\u2019s some exemptions for certain specialty bulbs but I can\u2019t find a definitive list anywhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incandescents are still the best bulbs there are as the light they produce is 100 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Color_rendering_index\">color rendering index<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 meaning it\u2019s identical to sunlight \u2014 whereas the best LEDs are only around 90.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, as is now the norm,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=61937\">the plebs must be made to suffer<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=63183\">advance the \u201cliberal world order.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/07\/31\/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-starts-on-august-1-gas-stove-ban-coming-next\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/07\/31\/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-starts-on-august-1-gas-stove-ban-coming-next\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden\u2019s Department of Energy plans to mete out \u201cthe maximum civil penalty\u201d against manufacturers that \u201cknowingly distribute\u201d illicit light bulbs which violate their new efficiency standards.&nbsp; From&nbsp;Politico, \u201cWhile everyone was yelling about gas stoves, the incandescent light bulb went away\u201d: It\u2019s lights out for the incandescent bulbs that people have known, changed and singed their hands on for 140 years. The modern descendant of Thomas Edison\u2019s most famous legacy is set to formally meet its demise in the U.S. at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-threat-to-america"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}