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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.

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[-] voluble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They're lights that emit in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum for the purpose of making fluorescent materials light up. To the human eye they don't look quite black, but more like a darkish purple.

But yeah, I too always found the name deliciously ironic.

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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