The former news magazine US News and World Report kindly explains to the great unwashed why we can no longer have incandescent light bulbs: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) laughs as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) looks over her shoulder during a signing ceremony for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington December 19, 2007. FAQ: The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It By Marianne Lavelle The incandescent light bulb, one of the most venerable inve... lire la suite
The former news magazine US News and World Report kindly explains to the great unwashed why we can no longer have incandescent light bulbs: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) laughs as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) looks over her shoulder during a signing ceremony for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 at the U.
An electric company in Maryland, Allegheny Power, sent its customers some CFL light bulbs as part of a consumer education program. Sounds nice until you find out that they customers were charged. This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
Insane baby-farming robot-herder and sometime Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has a new enemy: fluorescent light bulbs. That's right. She does not care for these newfangled hippie environmentalist group-sex bulbs, preferring the honest and trustworthy incandescent kind.
Reader Fiona wants to know if the people calling from "Con Ed" offering "free light bulbs" are running a scam. Today my mother received a series of calls from someone claiming to be calling from Con Ed. After asking for someone who doesn't exist (at least not in our family) they informed her that our apartment building was participating in a new Con Ed program to replace all old light bulbs with new energy saving light bulbs free of charge.
Who knew that lightbulb design could suddenly become so interesting? Since we're all well aware that regular old light bulbs are bad for the environment, we're seeing new designs for LED bulbs come in. And man, they're strange looking. The weird designs, such as the one above, are the result of the LED being lit from the back.
Toshiba's new Neoball-Z Real Pride bulbs are actually fluorescent lamps that ditch the hideous corkscrew shape in favor of a more traditional design. However, the big news is that their life span is rated at 12,000 hours. That's 1. times better than similar existing products and about 12 times better than an incandescent bulb.
The world may be moving on to CFLs, but at least one designer is still thinking about how to improve the classic incandescent bulb. Joonhuyn Kim's concept is simple: flat bulbs take up less space and make them easier (and cheaper) to store and transport. A great idea, if not a little late.
Source: b]Reuters[/b] DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Climate campaigner Al Gore urged world policymakers on Thursday to change laws "not just light bulbs" in tackling global warming, and a UN official said world market turmoil must not be allowed to delay action. An annual meeting of wo.
From a reader: As long as were talking about this ridiculous ban on lightbulbs, I'll throw in my complaint. I have a son with autism and many with autism can perceive the 60 Hz flicker in fluorescent lights and are very uncomfortable with it. If it stands, we are going to stock up as many contraband bulbs as we can comfortably store and hope the idiocy is reversed before we run out.
If you've ever thought of your light bulb as a serious underachiever without enough features, maybe it's time to spring for Viatek's new Ionic 15 watt compact fluorescent. This bulb pulls double duty, both brightening up your life and cleansing the air, all the while saving you money on your electric bill.
Scala JWT Bucharest brings us this lighbulb-propoaganda from Greenpeace. The line reads; Unlike normal light bulbs, the economic bulbs save up to 80% more energy. If nature could act for itself, what would it choose? Alex Tamba : Illustrator Angela Teodorescu : Creative Catalyst
Light bulbs and bikes make art
Dark Roasted Blend has a collection of the coolest lamps and light bulbs around, including this bulb that has lighted electric fireflies inside!
Nice round up of light bulbs in many shapes, sizes and permutations - [via] Link.
Cross-Posted FROM Gribbit's Word and WNDI've gone on record saying that between now and the 2012 mandated banning of incandescent light bulbs I will be laying in a supply of the future contraband in order to defy the libtarded legislation passed utilizing bogus science. Joseph Farah is putting together an effort to save the beloved bulbs by suggesting Americans have the right to… get this… choice.
You know what those swirly new energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs remind me of? Ice cream! And apparently, I’m not the only one - here’s Whippy (2006) made by artists Alex Garnett and Nahoko Koyama of Mixko: Link [Flash, click on Art & Creative, then hunt for it] - via Treehugger, thanks Chris!
The Gadget: A lamp with two bulbs, both dimmable, that provides a 50% energy savings over incandescent lamps, an extra 120v port on its base to make up for the one it takes up, and a choice of either 5500K daylight bulbs or 3500K sunset bulbs. It's patented by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, which is the oldest national laboratory and is responsible for a bunch of cool research.
In these trying economic times, who couldn’t use an extra $10 million? If you’re good with lighting, you might want to try and win the L Prize, the Department of Energy’s competition to create a new generation of light bulbs. The money (it could be less depending on financing) will go to the company that creates a viable solid-state LED replacement for the standard 60-watt incandescent bulb (a second prize will be awarded for a replacement for a PAR 38 halogen reflector lamp).
From the Bangor Daily News. Maine environmental officials have revised their recommendations for cleaning up shattered compact fluorescent lights based on new studies that examined the amount of mercury released when the popular energy-saving bulbs break. The new recommendations include disposing of the broken bulb in a sealed glass jar and potentially removing any affected area of carpet.
Osram's energy saving lightbulbs and Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town use the lights in busposters to bring home their point. Nobody at bus stop, no lights are on. Now someone arrives and the lights go on so that they may read the poster. Cute.