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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by dwringer on Thursday April 26, 2018 @12:21PM (#16933281)
It appears incandescent bulbs have not been banned, but low-efficiency designs have been. [1] I still see incandescent GE Reveal bulbs at the store all the time. [2]

> light bulbs using incandescent lighting technology were not banned by the government. More accurately, save for a few exceptions, any lamp failing to meet the energy standards set by EISA in 2007 could no longer be manufactured.

[1] https://insights.regencylighting.com/was-there-actually-an-i...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071VCLT6G/

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by njarboe on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:02PM (#16933628)
These low-efficiency designs are low-efficiency because they have a lower temperature. The old ones were around 2400 K while these newer ones are more blue at 3000+ K. This is what I want to avoid for night lighting.
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