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Originally Posted by HarryT
Are you seriously suggesting that LED lightbulbs - which last almost indefinitely - either draw more power or give off less light than incandescent bulbs?
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No, I was refering to incandescent light bulbs only. Didn't think of anything but the old-school type. Not even thought of Halogen.
(Which incidently, I think are great. Of course, hardly anyone thought of them when the "oh my god we're going to die of mercury poisoning"-craze started and everyone took "energy saving light" to mean only "neon" tubes and nothing else at all, ever.)
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Originally Posted by Phogg
Have you ever actually seen the radio directed light technology that was suppressed (not hard to do when one company owns all the patents) in the sixties in use, or are you just denying that planned obsolescence exists because the concept disturbs you?
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Patents run out after some time. If the company had the patent in the 60ties, it should have been free around 90 I think.
Did no one pick up the patent? Or look into it (AFAIK, patents aren't top-secret)?
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Originally Posted by Phogg
A lot of things do happen that are not on the public record, and very often private records detailing things are kept private because they make someone look bad.
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I'm quite sure patents are public. So if those involved knew they were "suppressed", why not tell more people about it, or snatch the technology once it's free?
I'd be more inclined to believe that something has been invented and then immediately withdrawn WITHOUT there being a patent.