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  • Cree: Betting On “The Light Emitting Diode Revolution” [View article]
    While I admire the attributes of LED lighting as much as the next treehugger, I don't see how they're going to compete with CCFL lighting, which has similar/better lumen production, similar energy savings, and only falls behind on useful life. But CCFLs are much closer to the price of incandescent bulbs than LED lighting is -- when one compares an LED replacement bulb at $30-$50 to a CCFL bulb at $3-$5 (both replacing a $1 incandescent), I just don't see the market for LED lighting yet. The only objection to CCFLs that I know of is the use of mercury in their manufacture, and that has been reduced to a miniscule amount with current manufacturing technologies.

    Is there some pending collapse in the prices of LED lighting that I am unaware of?
    Jun 04 09:37 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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