{"id":1987597,"date":"2023-08-01T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-joe-incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-this-week\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:27:21","slug":"thanks-joe-incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-joe-incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Incandescent light bulb ban starts this week &#8211; thanks, Joe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthanks-joe-incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-this-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President \u200cBiden&#8217;s Ban on Incandescent Bulbs Goes \u2062Into Effect<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It has\u2063 often been said of President Joe\u200b Biden that\u2063 the lights are on,\u2064 but\u200d nobody\u2019s home. Well, starting this week, the American people can \u2062be sure\u2063 that those\u200c lights will be LEDs as his administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-wants-thomas-edisons-incandescent-light-bulbs-gone-by-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban on incandescent bulbs<\/a> goes into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The\u2064 Government&#8217;s Interference in Your Lighting\u200b Choices<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back in April 2022, Biden\u2019s Department of Energy implemented\u200b a new \u201ccost-saving\u201d and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-50-of-gas-stoves-could-be-removed-from-market-under-potential-new-energy-standard-report\/\" title=\"Nearly 50% Of Gas Stoves Could Be Removed From Market Under Potential New Energy Standard: Report\">energy efficiency rule<\/a> to supposedly \u200dcombat climate change\u2062 and save money\u200b for the American people. Starting Tuesday, August 1,\u2064 it will \u2064be illegal \u200dto sell Thomas Edison-style light bulbs in \u2063every state across America. Companies won\u2019t be \u2063able to \u2062manufacture them. The government claims it\u2019s not a ban because they \u2062aren\u2019t \u2063confiscating any existing bulbs. Instead, Biden and \u200chis gang are helping you out by inserting themselves into your daily decision-making, their\u200b argument goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBy raising energy\u2064 efficiency standards for \u2063light bulbs, we\u2019re putting $3 billion \u200cback in the pockets of American\u2063 consumers every year and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-joe-incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-this-week\/\" title=\"Incandescent light bulb ban starts this week - thanks, Joe!\">substantially reducing domestic carbon \u200demissions<\/a>,\u201d<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/biden-administration-implements-new-cost-saving-energy-efficiency-standards-light-bulbs\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Secretary \u200dof\u200b Energy Jennifer\u200d M. Granholm said last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, Congressman\u200d Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) succinctly \u200csummarized the paternalizing aspect of all this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m happy the\u200b Department of Energy is out \u200dhere making sure \u2062that we can all\u200b save money because we\u2019re too dumb\u200d to figure\u200b out how to do it \u2064ourselves,\u201d Fitzpatrick \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-goes-into-effect-next-week\/?nxsparam=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at a hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, this new rule will take away choice from the marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re like \u200bthis author, who believes that \u2063the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-thomas-edisons-incandescent-light-bulbs-gone-by-2023\/\" title=\"Biden Wants Thomas Edison\u2019s Incandescent Light Bulbs Gone By 2023\">incandescent light bulb<\/a> is superior \u2063to LEDs \u2064(they seem less migraine-inducing, at\u200d least based on\u200c personal experience), your\u200c government\u200b thinks\u2063 it\u2063 knows \u200bbetter than you \u2063do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>The Promise of Energy Efficiency<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plus, this is about being \u201cenergy efficient,\u201d they tell us.\u2064 It\u2019s for the planet and \u2063a better future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe lighting industry is already embracing more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-incandescent-lightbulb-ban-takes-effect\/\" title=\"Biden's lightbulb ban now in effect.\">energy-efficient products<\/a>, and this\u2063 measure will accelerate progress to deliver the best products to \u2062American consumers and build \u2064a better and brighter future,\u201d Granholm said in April 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So what will this new rule do to help the planet,\u2062 exactly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOver the next 30 \u2063years, the rules are projected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-fisker-automotives-lost-taxpayers-tens-of-millions-top-investors-turn-to-proterra\/\" title=\"After Fisker Automotives Lost Taxpayers Tens of Millions, Top Investors Turn to Proterra\">cut carbon emissions<\/a> by 222 million metric tons \u2014\u200b an amount equivalent to the emissions generated \u200bby 28 million \u200chomes in one year,\u201d the Energy Department said in a press release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For context,\u2063 in 2021, China<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/239093\/co2-emissions-in-china\/#:~:text=China%20released%2011.47%20billion%20metric,world's%20largest%20polluter%20that%20year.\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released 11.47 billion \u2064metric tons of carbon dioxide \u2064emissions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2062 \u2014 and they don\u2019t care to cut back any time soon. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But don\u2019t worry, these \u2064incandescent light bulb\u200c \u201cbans\u201d will help the planet, at least according to Biden and his \u2064ilk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this week, President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration enforces a ban on incandescent bulbs, replacing them with energy-efficient LEDs. Despite criticisms of his mental acuity, the American people can now rely on brighter lights while saving costs. Implemented by the Department of Energy in April 2022, this move aligns with Biden&#8217;s commitment to sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1987598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}