Most people with some exposure to technology have heard of Moore’s Law. Well, I for one had never heard of Haitz’s Law. It is basically similar to Moore’s Law but applied to LEDs.
I read the Wikipedia article in the above link and learned about not only Haitz’s Law, but that the luminous efficacy of LEDs will soon surpass other forms of lighting, so LEDs will eventually become the most efficient form of lighting.
Update Jan 24, 2012 – Last night I watched Frontline on PBS, the program called Nuclear Aftershocks. How does this apply to LEDs? Well, in the case of Japan and Germany, they may need all the help they can get to cut back on their electric consumption. In May, the Japanese may nave no operating nuclear plats whatsoever. And Germany has committed over the next few decades to completely end nuclear electric power.
One can argue that nuclear electric power is the only clean, non-polluting source of baseline generating capacity, but after Fukushima, the people will not support it. I found out that there is a single nuclear power plant being built in southeastern U.S.A. next to an existing one, but it is not likely that any more will be able to get started. You have to watch the program to see what I’m talking about.