After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat

Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat by lodi on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:19PM (#16476288)

You won't find LED's for $1/bulb, but the total cost of ownership over X years is massively in favor of the LED.

Also I simply find it convenient that LED's just. don't. die. I haven't had to change a single bulb since I upgraded ~4 years ago.

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Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat by tbyehl on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:52PM (#16476604)

I had one out of around 50 die over ~3 years, which I'm sure is much better than I experienced with incandescents and CFLs.

Smart bulbs are so cheap now that I've obsoleted nearly all of my "dumb" LEDs.

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Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat by user5994461 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @05:57PM (#16478876)

Note that the lifetime of a bulb is quadratic, if not exponential, with its wattage.

The 100W bulb always lit in the living room will last 6 months but a 30W will do a decade.

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