| Myth #9: Reduced Air and Water Pollution: Part 2. Using CFLs will reduce CO2 emissions because they use less energy. | Fact #9: Coal generated electric plants (big producers of CO2) can not be turned off at night, no matter how much (or little) energy is needed. |
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Shipments of Incandescent Lamps Illuminate at the Close of 2011 NEMA’s indexes for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamp shipments increased by 29.4 and 3.6 percent, respectively, during Q4 2011…
Editorial: Interesting idea. Not sure how helpful it is… From a pure web development standpoint, this calculator is beautiful, elegant, and simple to use. It uses slide bars to allow…
Excerpt from: http://allthingsd.com/20120117/picking-the-brightest-most-efficient-bulb/?refcat=reviews For years, we’ve measured light bulbs by watts, which indicate how much energy a bulb uses. But bulb brightness is measured in lumens. Many of the new…
Information you should know when viewing this video: The bulb uses red and blue LED elements. Blue LEDs are known to cause permanent damage to the retina of the eye….
http://thelitehouse.com/bulb For the first time, the label on the front of the package will emphasize the bulb’s brightness as measured in lumens, rather than a measurement of watts. “While watt…
Note: Excerpt from “How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb”http://cei.org/op-eds-articles/how-many-congressmen-does-it-take-screw-light-bulb It’s late in the day, and you switch on your lights as you go back…
I have been in a conversation the last couple days with a couple people where we were trying to find the exact wording of the “rider” that de-funded the “ban”. …
