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Celcius wrote:A good question is why?
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
Kathleen Sanderson wrote:
I probably will go with LED lights for the long run, as eventually I hope to have all solar power -- a small system, with possibly a micro-wind generator as part of the set-up. I can live without just about every other luxury that electricity provides, but lights are hard to replace.
Kathleen
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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bunkie wrote:why not improve on what we have rather than come up with something new?
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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paul wheaton wrote:
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paul wheaton wrote:
About halfway down are tips on how to REALLY save energy. Switching to fluorescent bulbs is number 8. Why are we spending so much time on number 8 when the first three seem to be getting so little attention in comparison.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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paul wheaton wrote:
Without reading the article, my thought was "that's only because the fluorescent light bulbs are currently so heavily subsidized by our taxes - how about a level playing field here?"
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
Brenda
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MarkReaves wrote:I've noticed my CFL bulbs don't last as long as the few incandescent I still have. They burn out pretty quick. Shortest time to burn out was 3 days from purchase.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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paul wheaton wrote:
I've had a lot of fluorescent bulbs die on me really quick too. And when they say the fluorescent light bulbs last ten times longer, I think the caveat is that you have to leave the light on all the time. But if you leave the light on a lot more in order to go easy on the bulb, doesn't that negate the energy savings?
I guess I would like to see some sort of consumer-reports-like study showing 20 different fluorescent bulbs and 20 different incandescent bulbs. Let's track the lumens and power used. Let's find the unsubsidized cost. Let's put all of the bulbs through three different tests:
1) leave the lights on 24x7
2) leave the lights on for an hour, off for an hour - until the bulb burns out
3) on for a minute, off for a minute - until the bulb burns out
Until then, my thinking is that what they are saying is "fluorescent light bulbs last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs *" and then "* a first class fluorescent is left on continuously for three years and a crappy/cheap incandescent died after four months."
I cannot help but think that a good incandescent bulb can last just as long as a good fluorescent. Especially under normal use.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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The first is that it’s predicated on the flawed notion that humans inevitably harm their landbase. Simple living as a political act consists solely of harm reduction, ignoring the fact that humans can help the Earth as well as harm it.
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Federal legislation
Many of these state efforts became moot when the federal government enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 in December 2007, requiring all general-purpose light bulbs that produce 310–2600 lumens of light [19] be 30% more energy efficient (similar to current halogen lamps) than current incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The efficiency standards will start with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in January 2014.
Light bulbs outside of this range are exempt from the restrictions (historically, less than 40 Watts or more than 150 Watts). Also exempt are several classes of specialty lights, including appliance lamps, "rough service" bulbs, 3-way, colored lamps, and plant lights.
By 2020, a second tier of restrictions would become effective; which requires all general-purpose bulbs to produce at least 45 lumens per watt (similar to current CFLs). Exempt from the Act are reflector "flood", 3-way, candelabra, colored, and other specialty bulbs.[20]
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paul wheaton wrote:
Further, we may have saved 31kwh with this law - but I wonder how much more energy it takes to make a fluorescent light bulb than an incandescent.
What if instead of this law, we encouraged folks to dry their clothes with a clothes rack. 3.3 kwh per load. So if you line dry ten loads per year, that would be better than than this law.
Or, how about research on multi family households. I recently read that six people in one house uses about twice as much energy as one person in one house. That seems rather massive.
So rather than subsidizing fluorescent light bulbs, maybe we should subsidize folks that have a lighter footprint. Or maybe research how to better support that path.
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Erica Wisner wrote:
But requiring people to install clothes drying racks would violate "nuisance covenants" at a lot of gated communities, making us all look like po' folks.
so let's just make laws about weird new lightbulbs that people don't want to buy, instead.
If we could afford health insurance, we'd have it, and we'd be having kids. But I don't care to have it mandated that I buy it, just to prop up the economy at my expense.
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tel wrote:anybody heard of sulfur plasma lamps? no mercury involved.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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tel wrote:
I'm also a big fan of the pickle light. run lectricity through a pickle. the light is pretty yellow-ish and not very bright, and it smells bad, and doesn't last very long, but it is a pickle light.
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