From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> Not only that, but incandescent bulbs produce about half their normal
> illumination that low (and if they are 130 volt long life bulbs, they
> will be even less bright), while still using 91% of the energy, which
> will prompt people to have more lights running at the same time to keep
> up the same illumination, thus wasting 40% more energy. Not so smart.
>
Sylvania makes fluorescent lights that screw into bulb sockets. They work fine
with 100v power.
From: "L B" <musicwoman80126@yahoo.com>
> My point it, though, why not reinvent the lightbulb?
>
Sylvania makes fluorescent tubes that replace incandescent light bulbs.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, CYC, and
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
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