▲ 1189 ▼ Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. (www.digitaljournal.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 323 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) people started hoarding them, lol permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lexaprofessor@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeaaaaars ago there was the talk of a ban, and I think something got passed but ultimately never materialized (until now). My dad hoarded them. He also bought Gold when the thought Hillary was going to win because he thought she would crash the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Right up there with the people who started buying guns like mad because they were told (gun industry?) that Obama was going to somehow take all their guns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lexaprofessor@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeaaaaars ago there was the talk of a ban, and I think something got passed but ultimately never materialized (until now). My dad hoarded them. He also bought Gold when the thought Hillary was going to win because he thought she would crash the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Right up there with the people who started buying guns like mad because they were told (gun industry?) that Obama was going to somehow take all their guns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Right up there with the people who started buying guns like mad because they were told (gun industry?) that Obama was going to somehow take all their guns. permalink fedilink source parent