Lutron Highlights the Merits of the Incandescent Bulb

June 15, 2008

Consumers and legistators alike may find some new information in this table by Lutron Electronics which outlining the advantages of halogen, standard incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. Lutron Bulb Selection Guide This table complements Lutron’s efforts on another site they launched last year.

In 2007 the company launched a site called www.lutron/energy to provide detailed data about the energy-efficiency capabilities of dimming, spefically Lutron dimming.

Lutron Electronics is a world leader in architectural dimming technology and they claim on their website that their dimming technologies have saved 28 billion kilowatt hours of energy and counting.

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Anti-American Non-Energy Bill

June 14, 2008

This 5 minute address to the House of Representatives by Rep. Ted Poe.  has received more than 650,000 views and has received a rating of 5 stars from YouTube Viewers.

Ted Poe states that the law  “Punishes Americans for using energy rather than finding new sources of affordable energy.  It controls the type of light bulbs that all Americans must use throughout our fruited plains.   And further  states “No where in the U.S. constitution does it give the government the power to control the type of light bulbs used in Dime Box Texas or any other place in the United States. ”

A 3 page single space EPA document of requirements was submitted for reference and Ted Poe asked if we’ve gone too far with this nonsense.  

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