LED Bulbs vs. Old Bulbs 💡

[alexalfaro]

Could you imagine hiking through the forest and randomly stumbling upon Neil nonchalantly recording a video

[mitchellgray]

Neil realized he didn’t have to wait for interviewers to ask him questions, he could just start recording and nobody can possibly interrupt him ever again

[jamesking]

As a truck driver, I noticed that modern LED tail light bulbs don't melt snow.

[CashRules]

LED lights for car headlights was the worst idea ever...I'm literally blinded every time I pass a newer car on the road at night.

[stevenbrucci]

Plus the old light bulbs were quite valued for their heat output by people--and chickens--in cold environments. So the long wave IR wasn't always useless.

[CraftyVegan]

Using so much less energy than in 1998 and still paying more per month for electricity.

[shubinternet]

LED bulbs do also generate some heat, just not nearly as much.

Sometimes some of them do generate enough heat to cause them to die an early death, compared to how long they can live if that heat is properly extracted from the package and dealt with.

[bmariani]

The old light bulbs kept me warm in the cold winter !!! A fantastic benefit.

[AnotherLameBot]

For context, Neil was in the woods by himself talking to a tree.

[idontwantachannelimjustcom]

Proof that incandescent light bulbs are 100% efficient in winter.

[Maria-nirc]

Thank you for continuing to enlighten us about the improvements to existing inventions/creations...

[losingfreedomisnofunFJB]

There are downsides, the light from led bulbs stop natural melitonin prodution so they ruin nightime routines required to get good sleep (bad for those of us with sleep disorders) but they do use much less electricity & are much cheaper to run, the old style lightbulb lasts much longer outside, if you live in a place that the temp can effect its lifespan. We had an old style bulb as our porchlight (three bulbs in ten years) but the led bulb stopped working after a couple months because of the lack of heat it produced.

[LB-skvl]

An old light bulb would keep your water pump from freezing.

[romanr]

"Not that anybody asked" would be a great title for NDT's autobiography.

[pauldahlinger]

The heat from incandescent bulbs is not wasted if you live in Minnesota in the winter. In fact in those cases, the incandescent bulb is 100% efficiency… it provides needed light and needed heat.

[gerardmazzarese]

Thank you Doctor Tyson. I love these shorts. They blow my mind.

[gezzapk]

For context, Neil had a lightbulb moment while camping in the woods

[jamesford]

We use incandescent lights in the pump house and we actually need that infrared to keep the pipes from freezing. The present lack of incandescent bulbs is a pita.

[TheReaIne]

He says infrared like it's his most hated band of light 😂

[judd]

Thanks for this PSA. It was terrific.