[EricH]

Maybe not all of us live in an area powered by nuke plants. San Onofre hasn't been producing in quite a while to the best of my knowledge. You could also make the same argument for hydroelectric, and to a lesser extent, wind and solar. But if most of your power comes from coal, natural gas, or oil, then it does make sense.

The part that didn't make sense was that you simply quoted the part that read, in effect, reducing dependency on fossil fuels is a good thing, then said that it didn't make sense--and the rest of the post didn't specify anything about LED bulbs reducing use of fossil fuels. It took way too much thinking to be able to make that connection easily.

Then you get the marketing part, which has a grain of truth in it. What is being pushed more than anything else right now? "Green" technology, good for the environment, stuff like that. Your average consumer might not know that most of their power comes from renewable sources or nuclear power, and would then figure that this is going to help save the planet, whether or not they eventually decide that it'll save them money. Ignorance is not always bliss...