Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Point well made and exemplified by your post implicating Dave Houston. It
can be clearly shown from history, here, that a hidden agenda may be lurking
in your demonstration.

pot, kettle?  LOL

"Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "aemeijers" wrote:
>>
>> Not saying that CFL's aren't a good thing. But press
>> releases full of SWAG numbers like that irritate me.
>
> It wasn't actually a press release, but that's not important.
>
>> 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?
>
> I don't know but if I were to guess, I'd suppose the figures are based on
> "average" usage -- something that could be calculated by surveying a fair
> number of homes.
>
>> 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...
>
> That kind of information is always being sought by various surveys.  If
> you ask enough people what they drive, how many hours a week, etc., you
> can get a fairly good picture of what the "average" driver does.  That the
> report gave a figure is nothing surprising.  One could question the manner
> of surveys used if the methods are known.  Short of that, the best thing
> you can do is try to determine whether the poll takers have an axe to
> grind.  That's one reason I challenge comments from Bobby Green and Dave
> Houston.  Both are always "on a mission" and neither seems above bending
> the facts to fit what they've already decided.  That isn't meant to imply
> that both are dishonest.  Bobby has an opinion and he sees as "facts"
> whatever ideas he comes up with in support of his ideas.  Houston is much
> worse -- he flat out lies.
>
> OK, that's my quota of nastiness for this week.  Time to be nice...  :^)
>
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> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
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