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Originally Posted by Jakke PNG
It already is. Retailers just have to take the bulbs/tubes/whatever to sale. The prices ARE steeper than 'normal' lights, but the energy saved with LED's will be very visible in the electric bill, and they should pay themselves back within 1 year (expected usage time for a good LED light is between 50 and 70 000 hours).  |
If they cost significantly more and people still need to be educated on why they're good in the long run then they're still not sufficiently consumerish. :P
FWIW, a national hardware/warehouse chain here does not appear to stock mains rated LED lights (yet). They have low voltage replacements but most of them seem to be just a bunch of 5mm white LEDs, rather than the super efficient ones such as the Cree XR units.