LED lights heading home (part 2)

As reported by the New York Times, LED lights such as those from CREE are making great strides in cost and efficiency and are heading for a home near you. LEDs won’t replace the humble CFL immediately, but just about everyone acknowledges their 50,000 hour life, ability to work with dimmers (while keeping a constant color) and efficiency make the LED the ultimate killer-app. for lighting.

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At Last: EU Ends The CFL Tariff...

The headline news was the EU ban on incandescent bulb sales beginning in 2010... The more important but unreported news was the EU quietly letting its usurous 66% import tariff on Chinese-made CFLs lapse...Read More...
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Shame on the EU's CFL Tariff

My parents live in Britain. They wondered why CFL lightbulbs that reduce energy cons cost three to four times what they cost in the rest of the world. The BBC revealed that the EU renewed its 66% (!) tariff on Chinese...Read More...
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LED Lamps Come Home

Cree CREE have produced the first single-LED that gives the same light as a standard household bulb and have set a new record for the most efficient LED light at 130 lumens per watt. How does this measure up? Read More...
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