I don't spend time thinking about lightbulbs, but today I did for a moment. Like many others I was not happy with the government mandating the end of the old type lightbulbs and their replacement with the more expensive (especially in the early days) LED's. But this morning I had to change a recessed bulb in my kitchen ceiling. It was already an LED, and it made me realize that the seven ceiling recessed bulbs in the kitchen had not needed replacement since I changed over to LED about 7 years ago. And that made me realize that throughout my home, with dozens upon dozens of lightbulbs of every sort, other than an appliance bulb in my refrigerator I have not had to change any light bulbs for at least the last six month. I grudgingly have to accept that maybe these LED's are in fact a good idea. They use far less energy, last far, far longer, and now do not seem overly expensive at all.