Sounding the Death Knell of the Incandescent Light Bulb
8th Jun 2023
Technological progress since the
Industrial Revolution
has seen a series of advances which ‘kill off’ an older generation of
product or activity. On the high seas, steel ships replaced wooden ones,
steam replaced sail, and oil replaced coal. In the home, flat screen
TVs killed off CRT (Cathode Ray
Tube) televisions, and broadband killed off dial-up.
In the world of lighting,
LED light bulbs (with a little help from CFLs) will soon have killed off the incandescent lights inv
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