The Incandescent Ban and the Lie of LED Efficiency - Intellectual Takeout

The Incandescent Ban and the Lie of LED Efficiency - Intellectual Takeout - Peter Jacobsen

"It happened as I went to grab a new package of baby wipes from under the sink. 

I flipped on my bathroom light, and I noticed something strange—one of my three mirror light bulbs began flickering and ultimately settled at a barely luminous dim setting.
My LED light went out.
The problem is, I changed that light bulb around a month ago as memory serves. 

Aren’t LED lights supposed to outlast the heat death of the universe or some unbelievably long amount of time?
Under this guise and the guise of energy efficiency, the Biden administration finally allowed a 2007 ban on incandescent light bulbs to go through at the end of July this year.

• The problem is that LED lights are not more efficient in a meaningful economic sense, and, as my story illustrates, they don’t necessarily last longer. 

To understand why, let’s explore some of the technical and economic details behind the mythical efficient LED.
The Lie of LED Efficiency...