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[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I can confirm. In 2023 despite having LED lightbulbs - we consume 7 more watts per hour per lightbulb than the average lightbulb did in 1546.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The lights back then probably weren't very bright were they?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

But they used very little electricity, almost none

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

They also did jack shit for illumination, so...

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The average light bulbs in 1546 definitely did jack shit that's for sure.

[-] s_i_m_s@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah considering they didn't discover electricity until the 1700s then they didn't even invent one that lasted long enough to be practical until 1879.

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's the joke isn't it? Just for historical context Michaelangelo completed the Last Judgement on the Sistine chapel in 1541, so like 5 years before 1546, and I don't think he had flashlights to help him with the lighting.

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