[twinklesweep]

I have no doubt that LED lights are the wave of the future. However, I did a rough count in my home and found that I use more than EIGHTY light bulbs inside and out! Given the cost of LED lights, there is no way I could replace every bulb, at least at this point.

The thirty-second warmup is trivial to me, and I've never used dimmer switches. We all have different needs and wants.

I am happy just to have gotten rid of the heat-producing incandescent bulbs that go back to the days of Thomas Edison and that burn out so frequently. And I might add that the last incandescent bulbs I bought WERE made in China....

As far as mercury is concerned, as pointed out in an earlier post, we've been dealing with this issue for decades with the use of fluorescent tubes. Is it more of a problem now (other than the fact that it was easier to break a long tube than it is a CFL ("C" meaning "compact")?

LED lights will come down in price with competition. I'll be interested when they're more affordable. Meantime, the change shows in my electric bill presumably on both fronts--lower lighting costs AND lower a/c costs. And nowadays it's a rarity that I'm up on a ladder changing light bulbs--and THAT'S a relief!