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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by Cthulhu_ on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:17AM (#35373057)
Simpler and better light, but bad energy efficiency.

Although, as was pointed out to me at some point, because LEDs are more efficient, people feel less guilty about having more of them; replacing 1x40 watt bulb with 8x5 watt LEDs means the net result is the same. I've got like 7 cute LED spotlights in my TV closet for example, I wouldn't have had that setup if I was forced to use incandescent lamps.

Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by sgregnt on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:41AM (#35373390)
Energy efficiency wise, in cold weather it warms the apartment which is desirable in my case.
Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by tshaddox on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:48PM (#35380455)
Little downside if you have electric heating, but if you have natural gas heating the electric heating is probably more expensive.
Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by saulpw on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:47AM (#35373473)
Jevons Paradox in action.