Except for the obvious global warming BS this technology looks promising and is available now.
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To: Ben Mugged
Are LEDs still $30 a bulb?
To: Ben Mugged
3 posted on
05/23/2007 11:00:44 AM PDT by
Ben Mugged
(Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
To: Ben Mugged
On sale now for ONLY $99.00.
4 posted on
05/23/2007 11:01:51 AM PDT by
JustRight
To: Ben Mugged
and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life The question is, of course, what is "its life?" There's a huge market difference if the LED costs $30 but lasts 1 year vs. 10 years.
5 posted on
05/23/2007 11:02:03 AM PDT by
r9etb
To: Ben Mugged
I’d just want it in my laptop and extend the battery life to 10+ hrs. That’ll put a smile on my face.
6 posted on
05/23/2007 11:02:17 AM PDT by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Ben Mugged
Far more viable than the CFLs... But again, not all lighting types are effective for all applications. Insane that governments are trying to ban things that technology will eventually outmode.
with 95% lower cost of use over its lifetime, these LED’s will replace incandecents where its practicle.
To: Ben Mugged
made in the USA
People make stuff here? :)
10 posted on
05/23/2007 11:04:27 AM PDT by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Ben Mugged
I have seen them and they have such a high color temperature that it is strainful to the eyes for prolonged periods of reading. Same as with most CFLs.
11 posted on
05/23/2007 11:04:40 AM PDT by
hughesm1
To: Ben Mugged
A hundred bucks for a lightbulb?! I don’t care how little electricity it uses there’s no way I’m paying $100 for a lightbulb. A total replacement in my home would cost nearly 4 grand, my first car only cost 5.
12 posted on
05/23/2007 11:05:19 AM PDT by
discostu
(only things a western savage understands are whiskey and rifles and an unarmed)
To: Ben Mugged
There's enough mercury in a single CFL to contaminate 7,000 gallons of fresh water, and if Americans continue to purchase CFLs -- then throw them away in local landfills -- the United States will soon be facing an unprecedented burden of toxic mercury in rivers, streams, croplands and oceans. Haven't heard that before. If true, that's very bad news.
18 posted on
05/23/2007 11:08:38 AM PDT by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: Ben Mugged
Get back to me when they aren’t that nauseating blue color.
19 posted on
05/23/2007 11:08:50 AM PDT by
Cyber Liberty
(Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
To: Ben Mugged
Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb That is a nonesense statement. It uses 1/10th the electricity of any type of light bulb whatsoever that uses 100W, including a 100W LED array. It uses 2/3rds the electricity of a 15W incandescent light bulb, not 1/10th.
The real question is what is its comparative light output, and will it make you blind or give you migraines?
25 posted on
05/23/2007 11:12:18 AM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Ben Mugged
How many ______ does it take to screw in an LED lightbulb?
26 posted on
05/23/2007 11:13:27 AM PDT by
hophead
("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
To: Ben Mugged
The prime market today is commercial. A $99 consumer bulb doesn’t make much sense. BUT, if you have to send a janitor/maintenance guy to replace a bulb every few months, the payback on the $99 is great pretty much covered in the first year or two.
27 posted on
05/23/2007 11:15:53 AM PDT by
Ron/GA
To: Ben Mugged
I’ll be convinced that it’s a good product when they are able to blow them off the shelves absent any government mandates.
29 posted on
05/23/2007 11:16:22 AM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
To: Ben Mugged
35 posted on
05/23/2007 11:19:05 AM PDT by
VOA
To: Nathan Zachary
In “light” of our previous discussions about the mercury in CFL bulbs ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835838/posts ), I thought that you’d be interested in this thread. Here’s a quote from the article:
“The mainstream push is towards compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), but consumers are not being told that CFLs contain toxic mercury. There’s enough mercury in a single CFL to contaminate 7,000 gallons of fresh water, and if Americans continue to purchase CFLs — then throw them away in local landfills — the United States will soon be facing an unprecedented burden of toxic mercury in rivers, streams, croplands and oceans.”
To: Ben Mugged
...and California is considering a state-wide ban.
The guy/gal that figures out how to replace all the current street
lights in the Los Angeles Metro area (presuming they give big
lifetime energy savings over the current lamps) will be making
a great contribution to the country.
But I hope they don't dimish the beauty I've experienced
when flying into LAX at night and looking down on one of the
greatest non-natural light shows ever!
40 posted on
05/23/2007 11:23:21 AM PDT by
VOA
To: Ben Mugged
The sources says it’s a clean, white light. That could mean a lot of things, unfortunately. Has anyone tried this? Is it really white, or does it turn all the colors in the room blue or green or some sickly color, like a cheap flourescent bulb?
42 posted on
05/23/2007 11:26:20 AM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Ben Mugged
These LED lamps make my teeth hurt. Perhaps it is the flicker, or perhaps it is the unnatural color.
45 posted on
05/23/2007 11:28:57 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
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