Everlasting light (new highly efficient light bulb on the drawing board)

economist ^ | 9/6/2007

[HamiltonJay]

the traditional incandescent light bulb is a dud.

Ahh yes a DUD... I wish I could have such a "Dud" of an idea....

What editor lets such garbage statements go?

[reagan_fanatic]

LOL

[Jim Hill]

I’ll bet it won’t work with a dimmer switch either.

[SampleMan]

How long will the microwave generator last?

Based on my mom's 1980 model oven, I'd have to say at least 27 years.

[NavyCanDo]

Now if they can just do something about the pair of 400W halide bulbs we have in our Salt Water Reef Aquarium which spin our electric meter like a 78rpm record.

[mmichaels1970]

I’ll bet it won’t work with a dimmer switch either.

Just set it to "Defrost".

[BipolarBob]

Here I thought it was a technical microwave thing -- like "milli-angstrom radiation in the h-band approaching a cose efficiency of 19%".

I was thinking along these lines when I posted. After I looked at it I figured out he probably meant cost. Usually I'm a smartazz on purpose but this time . . . . I just missed it.

[HangnJudge]

The British company did not invent this technology. A Si Valley start-up company Luxim has been perfecting this technology for years and has products already

http://www.luxim.com/patents.html

Luxim Corporation has been awarded several foundational patents for the Luxim LiFi™ lamp. We have a broad intellectual property portfolio in fundamental aspects of electrode-less lamp technology, and our portfolio is continually expanding. This page will be updated in the near future.

[Wacka]

Try this bulb- it never burns out.

http://www.centennialbulb.org

I have seen it. It has been burning since 1901 except for two short moves. If you are in the area and the fire station is open, stop in. The firemen are glad to talk about it.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Save money? Maybe. Power generators (Utility Co.) must survive and must be profitable for their shareholders. If we all begin to use these things and our energy consumption significantly drops then so will the bottom line of the power company. What that means is that they will seek and receive a rate increase to compensate.

The rule of unintended consequences.

[mmichaels1970]

Good point. So we'd hope that the rate increase vs. the consumption decrease would at worst net at 0. Some of the cost to the engery company, however, would go down due to a reduced need for resources, right? Would manpower costs go down as fewer people were needed to support distribution? Would facilities and maintenance costs go down?

I guess without really studying it much, I'd think that if the costs to the energy company dropped a certain percentage and as the energy company became more efficient due to less of a strain, they'd be able to raise rates only moderately to maintain the same level of profit.

[Eagles Talon IV]

The REAL answer would be to perfect the hydrogen cell so each home and business, each mode of transportation would have its own power supply. Then we could do away with the power plants entirely although not before I dump my utility stocks.

[chuckles]

This won’t hurt you, but a 4 watt cell phone fries your brain? OK. I’ll buy that for a dollar.

[wizr]

Many years ago, this strange brain of mine thunk “Hey, why can’t we use clothes dryer heat (exhaust) to warm and add moisture to a home in cold, dry climates. I know it would still have to be filtered and vented, but?

I turned it in, as a suggestion to the utility company I worked for. It was turned down. Was it just a crazy idea?

Also, since many people like light throughout their homes at night, why are we not using fiber optics in low light situations? One bulb.

I also have two desk lamps that use 12 volt auto taillight bulbs for reading. One uses an 1157 bulb and a high/low switch.

Just food for thought.

[Teacher317]

Will it cost $2000 for an environmental clean-up crew when one breaks?

[mmichaels1970]

I’ve clamped some panty hoes on the end of my dryer hose and let it exhaust into my basement before.

[mmichaels1970]

but a 4 watt cell phone fries your brain?

I wouldn't think so, but the post was funny nonetheless. Good comedy frequently stretches things.

I’ll buy that for a dollar.

That reminds me of some old Nickelodeon show my younger sibs used to watch. Can't remember what it was though.

[mmichaels1970]

Sorry....I see what you mean now. I misinterpreted your last post.

[q_an_a]

nice post. The end of the oil age is just around the corner. Oil won’t cost $100 it will be 25 in ten years. GM is introducing an electric hybrid diesel car for Saturn. Solar panels are getting 100s of times more effective. Reflective paints will cut the waste in most homes in 10 years and recycled products will be used in more construction items that also reduce power needs. Small wind turbines are generating electricity here in Dallas and will be a source of power where power lines haven’t been laid. Science marches on - isn’t it great. Stick it to the Saudis.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Not to worry ... Edison is laughing his ass off at these Journalist clowns ...

... that could even begin to design-test-manufacture anything as innovative as was the "genius" Edison and Team did ...


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