I have been buying the mercury filled squiggly ones since they came out...I get em on sale and save money (my only concern)on energy.....
.....I love just tossing em in the trash when they die.
This light bulb is racist.
How are the minorities, who can’t afford to buy a driver’s license so they can vote, going to be able to light their houses?
We recently purchased new light fixtures. Any requiring the lethal florescent bulbs were eliminated from our consideration. The government has absolutely no business telling us what light bulbs we should buy.
Made in China?
For 50 bucks, I hope it lasts at least 20 years.
A perfect story for the Republican Party to use to illustrate the idiocy of the administration’s green energy policies. Every Republican politician and conservative media vehicle should be highlighting this story and the government waste it represents. A $10 million taxpayer prize to a foreign company for a $50 light bulb!! This should be the story of the week to pound Obama and the Democrats.
However, we are dealing with the Republican Party which has no sense of marketing or public relations. Expect silence.
Ok, this story is strange.
Why would Philips need $10mil to develop LED lights when they have already been making them for years.
Philips is a Dutch company.
The cost is out outrageously high, way over priced.
There will be LED lights out this spring for less than $25, more light better color spread, fitting standard sockets and last for 30 years.
AND no government subsidies to develop them, just investors interested in a good product and a reasonable return on their investment.
C’mon, folks. For a subsidized lightbulb, $50 is a bargain.
I am sure that the light output of this $50 bulb is far superior to anything that a $.50 incandescent bulb could deliver... and at only 100X the “investment”. What’s next - $600 toilet seats for our 0.5 gallon per flush toilets?