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Old 08-29-2009, 04:19 AM   #2
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This topic came up at a recent family get-together; everyone regretted the demise of incandescents and deplored the quality of the 'energy efficients' (EE).

I think the lack of competition will discourage innovation; so we're likely to be stuck with poor quality lighting for the forseeable future.

Personally, I've stock-piled a load of incandescent lightbulbs.
I expect I may be able to make a nice profit on my hoard in a year or two; and still have enough to see me through the next twenty years.

P.S. And another thing - my electricity supplier keeps sending me free EE bulbs to encourage their use. But they send the cheapest, nastiest ones they can find - how many thousands are going straight in the bin, and then off to the nearest landfill (mercury and all)?

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