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"Your cash shouldn't be trash:" How to save $1,83 trillion in 10 years
It's Saturday, so I'm listening to the blues and thinking about science. I love this old music recorded on machines built with vacuum tubes. It has a coloring and a presence that is a part of the music's character, and hearkens a bygone era filled with the harmony of living that found its way into the era's songs. We used to sit on the porch under the full moon and look out at the landscape, talking softly about our dreams.
But its a new day; time and technology advance. And the technology is invading the night. Specifically, the way we light the night. Imagine saving $1.83 trillion over a decade and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Imagine saving 962 million barrels of oil and closing 280 global power plants in the next ten years.
Two scientists, E. Fred Schubert and Jong Kyu Kim, who research and teach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation's oldest technical university, say such claims are modest, as the next scientific revolution occurs when LED's, light emitting diodes, the same technology that lights cell phones and computer screens, advance to home lighting. LED lights require 20 times less power than conventional light bulbs and 5 times less than fluorescent bulbs.
And this change will have broad effects, leading to innovations in transportation, farming, and health care.
LED lighting will reduce energy consumption, reduce pollution and save money. It provides a way for India and China to deploy these benefits as their energy footprints grow.
Toxic waste and terrorist potential are also reduced.
And all of these benefits can be derived from further developing technology at hand and already in use!
Currently, lighting accounts for 8 percent of America's energy use. The Department of Energy's current goal is to reduce energy used for lighting by 50 percent by 2025. National standards and standard test methods, to ensure performance and product quality, have already been set. Energy security is a opportunity for innovation, and LEDs are lighting the way.
By any light, the new edition of my free e-book, “From the Front Porches of Charleston:" The Election of Barack Obama, with 100 photo pages from Barack's photostream, featuring posters, rallies, and intimate looks at Barack and his family is a good read and a great gift (download it as a CD). Download or preview the book for free: http:www.lulu.com/content/5282127
But its a new day; time and technology advance. And the technology is invading the night. Specifically, the way we light the night. Imagine saving $1.83 trillion over a decade and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Imagine saving 962 million barrels of oil and closing 280 global power plants in the next ten years.
Two scientists, E. Fred Schubert and Jong Kyu Kim, who research and teach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation's oldest technical university, say such claims are modest, as the next scientific revolution occurs when LED's, light emitting diodes, the same technology that lights cell phones and computer screens, advance to home lighting. LED lights require 20 times less power than conventional light bulbs and 5 times less than fluorescent bulbs.
And this change will have broad effects, leading to innovations in transportation, farming, and health care.
LED lighting will reduce energy consumption, reduce pollution and save money. It provides a way for India and China to deploy these benefits as their energy footprints grow.
Toxic waste and terrorist potential are also reduced.
And all of these benefits can be derived from further developing technology at hand and already in use!
Currently, lighting accounts for 8 percent of America's energy use. The Department of Energy's current goal is to reduce energy used for lighting by 50 percent by 2025. National standards and standard test methods, to ensure performance and product quality, have already been set. Energy security is a opportunity for innovation, and LEDs are lighting the way.
By any light, the new edition of my free e-book, “From the Front Porches of Charleston:" The Election of Barack Obama, with 100 photo pages from Barack's photostream, featuring posters, rallies, and intimate looks at Barack and his family is a good read and a great gift (download it as a CD). Download or preview the book for free: http:www.lulu.com/content/5282127
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