[meyer]

I've bought a total of three of these types of light bulbs. Two burned out within a month.

I had trouble with a few in the past - "Lights of America" brand, which were made in China or worse. Pure junk. They didn't last 6 months.

However, the GE and Phillips brand CF lights I've bought are lasting quite a while. I had one old GE (one of the early ones from the 1980's) that lasted about 20 years, and it was used regularly as my night light.

[longtermmemmory]

GE and Philips were the ones lobbying to outlaw the regular lighbulb.

Florescent= patent payments

Incandescent = no patent payments

essentially this is a financial subsidy via regulation.

The floriescent can’t stand on its own in the free market.