[PLUG-TALK] The Keith Effect - Lightbulb factories closing

Michael Rasmussen mikeraz at patch.com
Fri Oct 5 19:29:55 UTC 2007


Don J. wrote:
> Either way the watt savings is enormous. Union or not (well, they are
> getting screwed by GE), if a more desirable technology is developed
> that replaces an old one, companies will eventually stop making the
> old technology.

Of course!  I'm personally impressed on how rechargeable batteries have displaced
those disposable ones.

Actually this does make me wonder about the profit margin differences between CFL
and filament bulbs.

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   Michael Rasmussen, Portland, Ore, USA
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