$50 light bulb?

I'm just seeing media reports of the new LED light bulb that you can rush down to your local hardware store and purchase for $50.

Really?

They call this the "new, affordable light bulb."  What can it do?  Well, it only uses 10 watts of power and is equal to the brightness of a 60 watt bulb.  They say it can last up to 30 years!  In three years, if you use it for 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, you will start saving money!

The report points out that you can still buy incandescent bulbs for about 50 cents each and that means you can get about a HUNDRED of them instead of paying the $50 for ONE bulb!

Well, people, are we being duped or what? 

I kinda like changing light bulbs, myself.  There's nothing like adding "new" light to a lamp that has just burned out. Besides, what's a few watts between us?  I mean, I've been told you can burn that 60 watt bulb for weeks and weeks and you only use 2-3 cents of electricity.

And what will happen to all those lightbulb jokes?  Remember this one... "How many Union Electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A:

Sixteen - One to give the bulb to the screw-inner. One to screw in the bulb. One to hold him on the step ladder. Four to hold the step ladder steady. One to flick the switch to test the bulb. One to make sure that the other bulbs in the room will need fixing. One to supervise. Two to take a coffee break, one to eat lunch, and one to nap and one to plot the best way of breaking into the apartment at night.

 The thing that bothers me the most is that during the next major earthquake, when my ceiling falls down on my lamp, and the bulb BREAKS,  I've gotta come up with another $50 to REPLACE IT.  Or my cat or dog knocks over the lamp and the bulb shatters in pieces.  Gosh, at that price, I'd be there for hours trying to glue that bulb back together!

And now when I sell my house, I have to count the light bulbs and adjust the sales price accordingly?

No, $50 light bulbs are not in my immediate future...unless the government MANDATES them or makes it ILLEGAL to use the other cheaper bulbs. I then will expect tax deductions or incentives!

Oh, wait a minute...flash, the light bulb in my head just went off....TRY AND REPLACE THAT ONE!