Agreed. I bought my first low watt bulbs about 10 years ago when they were even more expensive. To date, none have expired.
Again, cut the street lights in half across the nation if you want real savings in electricity consumption -- the savings would be staggering while the downsides would be minimal. Who needs all the light pollution? Easy for me to say since I live in the country now and have never had an outside light within a 1/4 mile of my house.
LOL!!!!!
We have an outside "streetlight" that is an option from the electric company.....we don't have to have it, but it sure makes a difference on this dark country road. I forget exactly what type of bulb it is, but it is not a harsh light and I have to say it has saved us from having a couple maniacs come round the curve and wind up in our front or side yard.
My neighbors "didn't like the color" ten years ago and gave two to me. They are lighting my keyboard and bathroom presently. (At only 10 watts, I leave them on most of the day—and any unnecessary greater wattage produces harshness anyway).
"...cut the street lights in half across the nation...Who needs all the light pollution...?"
Nighttime Miami/Fort Lauderdale has sodium-yellow skies. ("Crime-fighting lights"). Even the brilliant "Evening Star" can't be seen. Now that I've retired to rural Florida—and for some unknown reason—seeing "The Pleides" is worth gold to me.
New-car dealerships ought to be involved in reducing back-scattered light somehow, too.