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Lights. 15 years ago, everyone was using incandescent bulbs which were terribly inefficient and neon lights which had their own inconveniences. Today, LEDs have mostly replaced them, can produce better quality light, and use a fraction of the power.
Agreed. I remember when lightbulbs got banned here in the EU starting from 2009 to 2012 in steps. Here in Germany plenty of people were mad and hoarding them.
Nowadays with the larger focus on energy prices, especially in light of the russia-ukraine war, it seems insane that not even that long ago to light a room one or multiple lightbulbs using 65-100 watts were used. That's like the equivalent of an office PC running just for some light.
And they run cool. My office has a fixture that was too bright which would normally take those 4' fluorescent bulbs.
I got on a ladder take one out. Turns out they were LEDs. Cool to the touch. I put electrical tape over them and called it a day.
Only downside is people abusing the lack of headlight & bumper height regulations
Holy fuck. Have you ever seen one of those full grill panels? Brighter than the god damn death star. When it's foggy the beam extends 3/4 of a mile
no I'd be dead
Must be a Texas thing
Better stay that way. I like the really lit up Subarus and Kias. Easier to see them on the road instead of making it harder for everyone
I miss real neon. but I like that hydroponic grow-lights now only use as much power as a 60-120watt incandescent bulb. I remember when those big metal hallide & sodium lamp setups were a huge barrier-to-entry for indoor growing.
What do you grow? Carrots, right?
Tomatoes
Compact fluorescent bulbs were very common here 15 years ago.