[AT] LED lights

Steve Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Sun Nov 9 16:38:30 PST 2014


Define "better".

Both CFL and LED are far more efficient than Incan and pay for themselves in fairly short order in smaller electric bills.  That could be one definition of better.  

But people are pretty stupid.  Large swaths of Americans will not or cannot do that math.  They are reduced to a short-term decision between a 99-cent Incan and a $10 CFL, and take the Incan every time.  

My favorite example of the need for government intervention is catalytic converters.  The free market would NEVER have done that. 

No, I am absolutely not a Democrat.  But I'm not stupid either.  I know that some government is necessary just like "good fences make good neighbors" 

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> On Nov 9, 2014, at 10:09 AM, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That's fine Steve but my point is that we don't need the government
> telling us what to use.  Let the free market handle that.  If the CFL's and
> LED's are better the incandescent bulb will die of natural causes.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Steve W.
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 12:24 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights
> 
> charlie hill wrote:
>> I refuse to use the CFL bulbs but would have no problem with the LED's and
>> will switch to them
>> as needed.  However, I do have one question.  When all of the incandescent
>> bulbs are gone what
>> are we going to use to keep chicks warm in the brooder, dogs warm in the 
>> dog
>> house on cold nights
>> and the water pump from freezing up?  Electric resistance heaters???????
>> 
>> Charlie
> 
> Special purpose incandescents will still be around.
> 
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