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US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 | 42 comments (42 topical, editorial)

Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#17)
by powerbuoy on Tue Dec 25th, 2007 at 08:45:48 PM MST
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I believe that the fluorescents are only an intermittent solution (like the hybrids in the vehicle industry)

The LEDs are already knocking on the door. Pretty powerful and soon available at the right warmth and brightness.

Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#18)
by dalibor (mdalibor - at - gmail - com) on Wed Dec 26th, 2007 at 08:07:58 AM MST
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i also think the same

LED is the future.

i am not sure about just one thing - how much energy factory needs for making amount of leds equal to one "old fashioned" bulb?

similar debate was about toyota Prius - how really that car is "greener" then ordinary one - if we include energy needed for making it from basic elements.

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Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#19)
by 2dumb2kwit on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 01:46:05 PM MST
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I've heard of a study, that showed if you figure the production of a car, the life of the car, and the disposal of the car, that a hummer is more eco-friendly than a prius. Can anyone shed some cf light on this?

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Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#20)
by g reif on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 09:30:26 PM MST
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this report was from a far right group, they used fuzzy math to get there numbers. An example they gave the hummer a lifespan of 379,000 miles and 35 years but the prius of only 109,000 miles and 12 years. I've owned GM products all my life and no way I would get that kind of life out of their trucks... cost me a mint repairing them the way it is.

they also did not figure in repairs as the prius is reported (by toyota) be in the very low cattagory for problems/repairs, I do not know about the hummer.

As for lifespan it is reported some of the early prius's are getting up on the high miles of over 200000 miles with the origanal batteries

just do a search for "prius hummer" and you will find alot
g reif
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Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#40)
by VisualMonster on Thu Apr 10th, 2008 at 06:50:55 PM MST
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My prius has close to 60,000 miles on it and hasn't had a single problem... haven't even changed brakes on it yet. According to them, I'll be disposing of it in 49,000 miles from now lol.

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Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#24)
by jacobs on Sat Dec 29th, 2007 at 11:55:16 AM MST
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Possibly the amount of plastic (oil) in most new cars. Don't know how much plastic is in a Hummer but probably much less than Prius.

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US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 | 42 comments (42 topical, 0 editorial)

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