Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Incandescent vs. CFL vs. LED Light Bulb Challenge

This is a cool article I found on digg.com that describes the differences between the standard incandescent bulb, the compact fluorescent bulbs and the new LED bulbs. It evens has a link to a spreadsheet that shows the price savings over 30 years.

Right now the CFLs are the sweetspot on the price/gain chart plus they are brighter than the LEDs. Though I would not discount the LEDs for specialized uses.

read more | digg story