LED lighting, and a small ranty rant,

[kandrathe]

I'm an LED lighting enthusiast too. And, as the token card carrying ?Libertard? I take a dim view on the government banning something we've lived with for 100 years, while promoting at that time the only other viable choice CFL (i.e. poisonous).

Of course I believe my POV is more enlightened (an enlightentard), but if LED lighting is more affordable (and of course it is), then it would have won in the marketplace anyway. It is this very type of government market manipulation that leaves us riding political officials buddies cash (sacred) cow rather than an energy efficient electric Ferrari. I've read that the total cost of a 60 watt incandescent bulb over a (LED) 30,000 hour lifespan is $190. Home Depot has a 6 pack of LED 9W (equiv. 60W) for $79.82 ($13.30 ea). The prices will fall further and they become more popular and the efficiencies of mass markets kick in. First, the government is horrible at choosing winners and loser (mostly they back the loser, then carry them on the taxpayers back for a decade or more). Second, the process of choosing incentives, or bans is one that begs for lobbyist crony manipulation.

I'm not alone in skepticism -- http://www.archlighting.com/lighting-des...mment.aspx

Of course, there are times when the government is inextricably involved in consumer choices -- such as a hydro-electric dam, or a nuclear power plant. Sometimes, we are just downstream of their crap, and we inherit the 12 gallons to the mile Hummer.