wrote:

I've got a real assortment of small LED flashlights, and a couple big
ones. GREAT battery life. For home lighting they are still pretty
pricy, but with incandescents being phased out, and the LOUSY luck
I've had with CFLs, it sure is tempting!!!!!

The New York Times had an article earlier this week about a study (from a
manufacturer) that indicates both CFL & LED lights use about 20% of the
lifetime energy used by incandescents. That includes manufacturing and
transport costs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/bu...20osram&st=cse

I don't no whether that reflects the high early failure rate for CFLs nor do
I know whether mass production of LED lighting may lead to the same types of
early failures which could severely skew the results.

Hmmm, I guess early failure actually means the CFLs use even less lifetime
energy. ;-)