[mjmas]

Someone please tell the Australian government now that we've essentially banned other forms of lighting. (except fluorescent)

[u1hcw9nx]

You can buy full spectrum LED lights (99 CRI, or grow lamps)

The article uses LED as synonym for typical LED lightning.

[ale42]

How is "full spectrum" defined in this case? Visible spectrum is not the subject of the paper, as they care about infrared.

[RobotToaster]

Call me when there's lights with a cri r9 of 99

[novok]

You can't buy heat lamps? They are even more infrared and last longer.

Also LED lighting can have infrared, have a significantly more smoother spectrum curve and still last +20k hours without burnout. The cheaper bulb spectra that they show is a blue led + phosphor coating, but there are infrared LEDs, UV leds, and more. You can make quite the convincing sun simulation, even better than any incandescent bulb, but there is almost no demand for UV + Infrared super full spectrum lighting unfortunately. Only movie & theater lights come close.

[krackers]

>LED lighting can have infrared, have a significantly more smoother spectrum curve and still last +20k hours without burnout

Do you have a link to a bulb that you can purchase meeting all these criteria? The only one I'm aware of was this obscure "StarLike" that was never actually sold in bulk. LEDs can be made good in theory sure, but in practice they are all terrible in light quality compared to a standard incandescent.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/sunlike-vs-starlike/64155/7

[dangus]

Typical electricity rates in Australia are up to 40c/kWh or so.

Do you really think $5 AUD per month per bulb that you’re running 8 hours a day is worth it for better spectrum quality?

[mjmas]

Are we also going to ban powerful computers since they use lots of power?