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Anyone know what this comment means: Incandescent technology is still superior to any other lighting tech, especially solid state. When one factors in laser si

Anyone know what this comment means: Incandescent technology is still superior to any other lighting tech, especially solid state. When one factors in laser sintering of incandescent filaments that increases their efficacy to 3-5 times even LED's, incandescents absolutely rule when considering their performance and cost of production/recycling/logistics/..ect... I love bandgap technology, but it will be hard pressed to beat Edison's brilliance (it hasn't been done yet, despite articles such as this one).

nate_meurer 15y ago
It means nothing. LED lighting is still an infant technology. Any shortcomings are a moving target given how fast the technology is progressing. The reference to filament sintering is incorrect. First, it's not sintering, it's a process applied to a filament after is has been drawn. Second, the efficiency gain is around double, which still can't even come close to LEDs. Look here for a bit more: http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3385 http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3385 The reference to "production/recycling/logistics" is also wrong if it refers to the EROI of LED lighting, which has already bettered that of incandescent lighting: http://www.osram-os.com/life-cycle-assessment http://www.osram-os.com/life-cycle-assessment