Incandescent lightbulbs—soon to disappear Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the European Union started phasing out incandescent lightbulbs in 2009. The United States phased them out in 2014. These bulbs have provided light for the world for more than 90 years What’s the problem?
Incandescent lightbulbs produce light when electrons (
Banning incandescent bulbs will reduce energy usage. According to the Department of Energy, about
J of electric energy is used each year in the United States for household lighting. Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs use about one-fourth the energy of incandescent bulbs. Switching to CFLs and LEDs would also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the need for power produced by coal-burning electric power plants.
Why are the United States and other countries banning the use of incandescent lightbulbs?
a. The bulbs get too hot.
b. The bulbs have a tungsten filaments.
c. Ninety percent of the electric energy used is converted to thermal energy.
d. The bulbs are only 10% efficient in converting electric energy to light.
e. c and d
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