Concept: LED light bulb from frog design

Concept: LED light bulb from frog design

Great idea. I remember just after we bought the house in 2005 and I was replacing all the bulbs in the house with CFLs I thought this was great, but I can’t dim them and they suck outside when it’s -30C. I went looking around the web for LED light bulbs, but there was nothing that was really of any practical use yet.

There are a few problems though. One is that a lot of energy companies have invested a lot of money is advertising, etc for CFL bulbs. I hope they don’t burry it. Another is that I will be replacing 4 year old light bulbs that were supposed to last 20 years. What is going to happen to all those mercury laden CFL bulbs that will get replaced? How many of them will just end up in land fill?

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