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Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should 685

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @07:57PM from the light-it-up dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "LEDs don't beat CFLs in the home yet, but it's not simply because PG&E is getting rich making people feel like they are helping the environment buying CFLs made in China that are shipped to the US using a lot more fossil fuels than they save. It's a problem of indication versus illumination. However, some new discoveries are going to change all that."

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Re:wat (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @08:36PM (#26274163)

It refers to the color temperature.

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Re:Not just cost, but optics (Score:5, Funny)

by Captain Splendid ( 673276 ) * writes: <capsplendid&gmail,com> on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @09:20PM (#26274575) Homepage Journal

Just call them "iLED's" or some such and stupid rich people will buy them by the thousands and the price will drop.

Fixed that for you.

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Re:Commercial shipping (Score:5, Funny)

by sentientbeing ( 688713 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @10:11PM (#26275109)

I can't imagine hitting the weight limit of a container with any kind of light bulb.

What about HEAVY bulbs?
BADDUMM TISH!

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Re:Not just cost, but optics (Score:4, Funny)

by failedlogic ( 627314 ) writes: on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @01:25AM (#26276787)

Duck tape + nightstick = problem solved. Duck tape fixes everything!

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Re:Not just cost, but optics (Score:3, Funny)

by digitalunity ( 19107 ) writes: <digitalunity&yahoo,com> on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @02:22AM (#26277115) Homepage

Did you just bring a car analogy to a lighting thread?
You're hereby banned from analogies.

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Re:Not just cost, but optics (Score:3, Funny)

by cayenne8 ( 626475 ) writes: on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @10:55AM (#26279723) Homepage Journal

"Frozen ice is the best kind of ice of all."
Just make sure to keep them away from the HOT water HEATER....

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Re:Not just cost, but optics (Score:2, Funny)

by prisoner-of-enigma ( 535770 ) writes: on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @11:32AM (#26280173) Homepage

just last week I spent about ten minutes walking up close to some and then backing off to see how the view changed.

You don't get out much, do you?

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Re:LED inside fridge--Not just cost, but optics (Score:2, Funny)

by Capt.DrumkenBum ( 1173011 ) writes: on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @01:28PM (#26281913)

"You do know that the light turns off when the door is closed?"
Can you prove this theory of yours?

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