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Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Re:Riiight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds about right. We seem to have to replace 6 CFLs for every one incandescent bulb.

    I've got several CFLs in the house, some of them must be 4 or 5 years old by now, and not one has burned out. Are there brownouts in your neighbourhood or something?