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It’s Official: US Stores Can No Longer Sell Most Incandescent Lights (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This decision is about the energy efficiency of the bulbs. Incandescent bulbs turn almost all the energy they consume into infrared light and heat. LEDs turn most of the energy they use into light.