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by ars 5396 days ago
"during the winter time" being the operative word. Deep cold in winter is about 3 month, and few more months of lesser heat.

But the light bulbs are used the entire year. Plus the light bulb is positioned suboptimally for heating - usually in the ceiling, or even worse in cans.

And people use A/C in the summer, so add about 1/3 to the energy waste.