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.

    • @alokir@lemmy.world
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      141 year ago

      The EU introduced a limitation to how much power electric devices can consume in off or standby mode.

      0.5 watt normally, 1 watt if they have a status display and 2-8 watts if they’re connected to a network.

      On a yearly basis this saves as much electricity as one of the member states (Romania) used in a year.

      My point is that small things add up to huge numbers.

      • @Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Exactly. From this particular article/policy:

        Similarly, it projects that the rules could cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next 30 years.

      • @notatoad@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        LED bulbs aren’t really even a small thing.

        going from a 100W bulb to a 15W bulb, or a 60W bulb to a 2.5W bulb (that’s the actual conversion for the bulbs i’ve actually bought on amazon and am currently using, not hypothetical guesses) across 20-30 bulbs in a single house is a real actual big difference in energy savings.