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Re:Phoebus Cartel by readams on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:55PM (#21599499)
They could have printed electricity costs on the packages. Instead they artificially limited competition. That doesn't sound like they had anyone's interests but their own in mind.
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Re:Phoebus Cartel by barrkel on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:38PM (#21602208)
Incandescent bulbs are labeled and classified by their electricity consumption. It's literally in the product description: 40W bulb, 60W bulb, 100W bulb, etc.
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Re:Phoebus Cartel by simonh on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:52AM (#21604243)
Cost is based on both consumption and efficiency, not consumption alone because with a more efficient bulb you can illuminate a given area with fewer bulbs.
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Re:Phoebus Cartel by KC8ZKF on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:55AM (#21604784)
The cartel disbanded in 1939. Were the bulbs labeled and classified by power consumption before then?
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Re:Phoebus Cartel by readams on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:34PM (#21610327)
you need to know watts and lumens. It's not rocket science.
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