It's 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's 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't meet, effectively prohibiting their retail sale.
[...] The endgame for old light bulbs came quietly — by early this year, lawmakers had mostly moved on to squabbling over gas stoves and other newer targets of the Energy Department's efficiency efforts.
Idiocratic 4 points 1.7 years ago
When warm safe lightbulbs are outlawed only outlaws will have warm safe lightbulbs.
LED bulbs are damaging to your retinas and affects your psychology in a negative manner.
This is the throwing down of the gauntlet on humanity. They hate us so much they are willing to make the night into a painful disruptive eternal hell.... you can't even look up and see stars because A)skyglow from light pollution B)glare from LED sources in every direction hitting you in the face and C)obsenely overlit makes your pupils constrict, ruining your nightvision.
Fuck this planet.