The invisible hand of the free market will not and can not sort it out by itself
You are but one small part of the invisible hand! Other people have other preferences. Efficiency per dollar isn't the end-all, be-all of the market function. Is it so critical to stop people like your parents from using incandescent bulbs, on the basis that they are less efficient?
They may even be misinformed and making decisions with bad information
We are all operating under imperfect information, as myself and other commenters have pointed out, because LED bulbs don't last as long as advertised. And worse, by banning incandescent bulbs outright, the government is preventing any further information from even being gathered.
the free market does not have good technical literacy
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Add technical literacy to "benevolence".
the downsides to the ban are what? Rudeness?
Well, rudeness is a euphemism for the ever-encroaching regulatory suffocation of the federal government, where people can't even freely choose what kind of lightbulb to buy. It's not like we're talking about trading fissile material.
Is it so critical to stop people like your parents from using incandescent bulbs, on the basis that they are less efficient?
When these people complain that energy is expensive and want solutions (but can't math out their value themselves), then yes.
We are all operating under imperfect information, as myself and other commenters have pointed out, because LED bulbs don't last as long as advertised.
Anecdotes are anecdotes. Here's my own anecdote: My LED bulbs last a long time. I still have the heavy, silicone-coated, heatsinked, glass-enveloped OG Cree LED bulbs that I got from Home Depot in ~2012, and they still work (the CRI sucks and always has, but they work). I've been using LEDs exclusively at home for close to a decade, and the only failure I recall on my own watch was of a fairly early wifi-connected TP-Link RGB bulb.
I use them in all kinds of applications, in enclosed fixtures and open fixtures with good airflow, indoors and out.
Furthermore, with incandescents I always felt it was important to keep spares in stock at home, and buying another package of light bulbs was a semi-regular occurrence. But with LEDs being as reliable as they are for me, I no longer feel compelled to have a stash of spare light bulbs at home.
And worse, by banning incandescent bulbs outright, the government is preventing any further information from even being gathered.
They aren't outright banned. Many types of incandescent light bulbs remain available, and you're free to burn as many dollars on them as you wish. Is there the possibility that your own misinformation may be clouding your ability to form thoughts and make decisions that are based in reality?
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You are but one small part of the invisible hand! Other people have other preferences. Efficiency per dollar isn't the end-all, be-all of the market function. Is it so critical to stop people like your parents from using incandescent bulbs, on the basis that they are less efficient?
We are all operating under imperfect information, as myself and other commenters have pointed out, because LED bulbs don't last as long as advertised. And worse, by banning incandescent bulbs outright, the government is preventing any further information from even being gathered.
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Add technical literacy to "benevolence".
Well, rudeness is a euphemism for the ever-encroaching regulatory suffocation of the federal government, where people can't even freely choose what kind of lightbulb to buy. It's not like we're talking about trading fissile material.
When these people complain that energy is expensive and want solutions (but can't math out their value themselves), then yes.
Anecdotes are anecdotes. Here's my own anecdote: My LED bulbs last a long time. I still have the heavy, silicone-coated, heatsinked, glass-enveloped OG Cree LED bulbs that I got from Home Depot in ~2012, and they still work (the CRI sucks and always has, but they work). I've been using LEDs exclusively at home for close to a decade, and the only failure I recall on my own watch was of a fairly early wifi-connected TP-Link RGB bulb.
I use them in all kinds of applications, in enclosed fixtures and open fixtures with good airflow, indoors and out.
Furthermore, with incandescents I always felt it was important to keep spares in stock at home, and buying another package of light bulbs was a semi-regular occurrence. But with LEDs being as reliable as they are for me, I no longer feel compelled to have a stash of spare light bulbs at home.
They aren't outright banned. Many types of incandescent light bulbs remain available, and you're free to burn as many dollars on them as you wish. Is there the possibility that your own misinformation may be clouding your ability to form thoughts and make decisions that are based in reality?