Plastic light bulbs have all the benefits of LEDs, none of the downsides

The Verge ^ | 12/3/12 | Ben Kersey

[LibWhacker]

But, Dr. Carroll, libs will only sign off on these if you promise not to develop any light bulb that puts out more light than an appliance bulb. They only want to make us ungrateful types go back to a pre-industrial standard of living for our own good!

[driftdiver]

Won’t be allowed unless he gives GE the patent.

[svcw]

interesting, and to bad he apparently knows nothing about LEDs.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And this is the fist and last you'll ever hear of them.

[Dead Corpse]

Give me the same temp and wattage of an incandescent or go home...

Uniformly, the quality of light from every CFL and LED I’ve tried has sucked. It’s either too cool and antiseptic, or not bright enough period...

[riverrunner]

He has had one for a decade and it still hasn’t hit the marget, I wonder why.

[thackney]

For those interested in the tech side of this:

Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on electron injection and charge generation in AC field-induced polymer electroluminescence
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119912004831

[x_plus_one]

Plastic = Oil = Carbon Tax = not affordable.

[thackney]

It appears the problem lies with the blogger who copied pieces from the original article combining sections talking about organic LEDs and left that description out.

Plastic bulb development promises better quality light
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20553143

[Mr. Jeeves]

Uniformly, the quality of light from every CFL and LED I’ve tried has sucked. It’s either too cool and antiseptic, or not bright enough period...

I've seen a lot of bright, beautiful LED bulbs in Asia. Ours are way overpriced and somewhat weak - and I suspect there is some government regulation or another behind that.

[svcw]

The bulbs you are seeing in Asia, will probably hit the US market in the spring of 2014.
Part of the reason these bulbs are in Europe and Asia first is apparently the base for the bulb on their lamps are easier to produce than the screw in base we have.
The first bulbs will probably be 75 or 100 W equivalent for about $10 with a fifteen year life.
They will be white light.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I bought a Christmas electric blanket with small light bulbs that don’t get hot.

How sweet it is!

[Dead Corpse]

Getting more than a little tired of that...

[bigbob]

See, get gummint out of the role of telling us what kind of light bulbs are best, and something better comes along.

It’s called innovation. Private business does it.

[Politicalmom]

But will they make me sick like LEDs do? :P

[Moltke]

Part of the reason these bulbs are in Europe and Asia first is apparently the base for the bulb on their lamps are easier to produce than the screw in base we have.

The E-type base ('Edison screw') is pretty much universal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw

[The Duke]

Great..how’s *this* going to help my Easy Bake Oven???

[TurboZamboni]

Low cost must not be a selling point since it’s not mentioned in the first or second paragraph?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yes, my church just installed LED lighting and the color and brightness are indistinguishable from the incandescent lamps they replaced.

[Secret Agent Man]

that’s because the marget is always left of the target...