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June 21st, 2010
CBS News features LED lighting on “Where America Stands”
CBS News recently visited some of the top LED lighting manufacturers in the industry – including Cree – to discuss the demise of Thomas Edison’s light bulb and the rise of LED Lighting.
The resulting 6-minute news package is packed with some good information about why CFLs aren’t the solution to the upcoming incandescent ban (many incandescent bulbs will be banned widely come 2014). If you’re not into video, you can read the CBS News story here.
I love that the reporter says “The LED is clearly the near term future of lighting …” Those of us in the LED lighting business know that LED lighting is already ready. Heck, we show off great examples of places lit by LED lights here and give away five free LED lights every month in our photo contest.
And as Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda says in his interview with CBS News, you should be pleased with the light quality you get from LED lights. “The difference between a regular light bulb and an LED light bulb, what you should notice is almost nothing,” Swoboda said. “That’s the key to making the technology work.”
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My major concern is the mercury . If bulbs should break and small children are present air borne particle would present a hazard to families who are careless with disposal. I am wishing that the industry takes this concern of public safety to heart.