Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When they talk about saving Watts then we know they are informed...LOL

"aemeijers" <aemeijers@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert L Bass wrote:
>> "Josepi" wrote:
>>>
>>> Think you could trim your post to post a snipe, in future?
>>
>> Here's a brief comment on CFL's from the US Energy
>> Star program:
>>
>> "CFLs save consumers money in the long run, as these bulbs draw far less
>> power (resulting in lower electric bills), and they last longer (so they
>> don't need to be replaced nearly as often). But they also work to save
>> the environment by lessening greenhouse gases. If every American home
>> replaced just one standard incandescent light bulb with a long-lasting
>> CFL, the resultant energy savings would eliminate greenhouse gases equal
>> to the emissions of 800,000 cars..."
>>
>
> Not saying that CFL's aren't a good thing. But press releases full of SWAG
> numbers like that irritate me. Way too many uncontrolled variables for
> them to come up with a hard number. How many hours a day is this 'one bulb
> per house' supposed to be on and what wattage? What type of cars are those
> 80,000 cars, and how many hours a day are they lit up, and at what speeds?
> And so on and so on...
>
> --
> aem sends....