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Introducing the $60, 20-year light bulb ("Going Green" still "Going Ridiculous")
cbs ^ | 4/18/2012 | ap

Posted on 04/22/2012 8:59:47 AM PDT by tobyhill

How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? Shoppers will be asking themselves that very question at Home Depot and other outlets starting Sunday — Earth Day — when the bulb that won a $10 million government contest goes on sale.

The bulb is the most energy-efficient yet, lasts about 20 years and is supposed to give off a pleasing, natural-looking light. But what separates it from the pack most is the price: $60.

That price reflects the cost of the components, especially the top-notch chips, or diodes, that give off the light, and is the price commercial customers will pay. But the manufacturer, Netherlands-based Philips, is discounting it right away to $50 for consumers, and working on deals with electric utilities to discount it even further, by as much as $20 to $30.

This means the bulb will cost anywhere from $20 to $60, depending on where it's found. Online, consumers will be paying $50 for each bulb, because utilities don't subsidize online sales.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60dollarlightbulb; greenenergy; greenscam; lightbulb; lightbulbscam
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There is NO proof that this lightbulb can go for 20 years. There is NO proof that this lightbulb can generate the light as advertised. There IS proof that the US Taxpayers have been and are going to continue to pay for this crap.
1 posted on 04/22/2012 8:59:48 AM PDT by tobyhill
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There IS proof that the US Taxpayers have been and are going to continue to pay for this crap.

All part of the plan.

If I wanted America to fail

2 posted on 04/22/2012 9:02:07 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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There is NO proof that this lightbulb can go for 20 years.

last for 20 years if you leave it in the box


3 posted on 04/22/2012 9:04:22 AM PDT by molson209
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If it’s made in China, it’ll fry itself in two years, tops.


4 posted on 04/22/2012 9:06:26 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: molson209

LOL. I never thought of it that way.


5 posted on 04/22/2012 9:07:19 AM PDT by tobyhill (Fight Fire With Fire)
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There is NO proof that this light-bulb can go for 20 years. There is NO proof that this light bulb can generate the light as advertised.


I believe that there is a light-bulb in a California fire House that has been lit for over 100 years. The secret is that it has a very thick carbon thread filament.

How long these things will last? Well I have had at least one LED flashlight that has died after only being used a few times. Cause of death was the electronic components not the LED itself.


6 posted on 04/22/2012 9:09:14 AM PDT by The Working Man
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There IS proof that the US Taxpayers have been and are going to continue to pay for this crap.

Yup and its why I get irritated when I see FReepers congratulating themselves for the failure of the great green scam. Its still going on even if no one believes it.
7 posted on 04/22/2012 9:09:43 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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"The contest stipulated that the winning bulb be sold for $22 in its first year on the market.

"In that context, the $60 price tag has raised some eyebrows. Ed Crawford, the head of Philips' U.S. lighting division, said it was always part of the plan to have utility rebates bring the price down to the $22 range.

Hey there you go, promise you can do it for $22, as long as the taxpayer pays twice that much.

8 posted on 04/22/2012 9:10:28 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: tobyhill

My stash of lightbulbs will last me at least 20 years.


9 posted on 04/22/2012 9:11:05 AM PDT by Biff55 (Defend yourself!)
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My stash of lightbulbs will last me at least 20 years.


10 posted on 04/22/2012 9:11:07 AM PDT by Biff55 (Defend yourself!)
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The magically assign a lifespan based upon the number if years it would take for it to make sense. Its a total scam. Or government has become our enemy.
The 10 million the government spent in this contest was also wasted. If it was such a great idea,,, a corporation would have happy done the research.


11 posted on 04/22/2012 9:11:55 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
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There are plenty of LEDs that are 30+ years old that still work just fine.


12 posted on 04/22/2012 9:12:26 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: FatherofFive

Powerful !


13 posted on 04/22/2012 9:13:50 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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“If it’s made in China, it’ll fry itself in two years, tops.”

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2 long years??? From China?

You must be talking about top-quality, military grade Chinese products.


14 posted on 04/22/2012 9:14:01 AM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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$100,000,000,000 Spent On Green Energy and I Didn’t Even Get A Lousy Hempcloth T-Shirt.


15 posted on 04/22/2012 9:14:32 AM PDT by digger48
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We will never know if this bulb can last 20 years since it was just developed recently. The 10 year claim was made about the CFL and so far I have had to replace all 15 of mine within 3 years of getting them.


16 posted on 04/22/2012 9:14:48 AM PDT by tobyhill (Fight Fire With Fire)
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Where would light bulbs be without government intervention?

Thank you know all seers in Washington for making our lives good, thank you.

17 posted on 04/22/2012 9:16:13 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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The third image purports to show a side by side shot of the bulbs on. I don't know the wattage. Should be much cheaper Real Soon Now.

18 posted on 04/22/2012 9:18:21 AM PDT by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer)
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I know! I know!! These light bulbs ONLY last as long as claimed ONLY IF THEY ARE NOT USED...


19 posted on 04/22/2012 9:18:44 AM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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To: Biff55

Me too. We’ve been buying up for a few years now! Bulbs and plastic bags.


20 posted on 04/22/2012 9:19:56 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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