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.

  • tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Does anybody use incandescent light bulbs as radiators? Because it’s the only alternative use I can think of.

    In the European Union we banned them 10 years ago and people just continued their lives. I wish people were as mad when books get banned, but sadly it’s not the case

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      1 year ago

      Does anybody use incandescent light bulbs as radiators?

      Yes. I’ve done it personally a couple times.

      Because it’s the only alternative use I can think of.

      The thing about alternative uses is that they’re still real even if you can’t think of them.

      Broad bans are a bad policy tool in general. Even if you believe in the progressive ideal of expert regulators making broad societal policies, a simple thought experiment shows the problem: What would it take to do the study to accurately determine all the negative effects of a ban? Not guessing, not wishful thinking, but really collecting and analyzing the information.

      I wish people were as mad when books get banned, but sadly it’s not the case

      When was the last time the US federal government banned a book?