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Incandescent light bulb life is inversely proportional to efficiency. The current choice already costs many times the purchase price in electricity use, so if a
by coryrc 8y ago
Incandescent light bulb life is inversely proportional to efficiency. The current choice already costs many times the purchase price in electricity use, so if anything, they chose a value too long.
- dwighttk 8y agowhy would making the cost to operate equal the cost to purchase be desirable?
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> The current choice already costs many times the purchase price in electricity use, so if anything, they chose a value too long. But is it still "many times" when you factor in the costs of manufacturing it (all the way to marginal costs of mining the materials) and transporting it to the stores? I really wish products were evaluated in terms of total costs; the shop price gives near zero information about the sustainability impact of a product.