Re: The lightbulb conspiracy
It was repeated ad infinitum in the 'eighties as a sort of 'did you know' story, that 1000hr domestic lamp life was enforced by an industry cartel and better lamps vis-a-vis life AND lumens could be made if they wanted to make them.
Whether it was true, exaggerated, distorted or untrue, a modern echo of this comes to mind, repeated by Dr.Barry Taff. He cited a case where a man invented a lithium battery pack for vehicles which had a vastly improved safe charge rate and much longer number of charges before deterioration of capacity. The inventor was allegedly told that if he attempted to market it he would 'end up in the same hole as it.'
Dave
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