I don't agree with their concluding paragraph or that the demand for lighting will necessarily rise, but I think from a macroeconomic standpoint the total demand for energy will at least remain unchanged because the money saved on lighting will be invested in other forms of energy consuming production.
Energy conserving technologies, such as LED lights, will not lead to a net reduction in green house gases, unless we all become Amish or the burning hydrocarbons is eliminated as permissable form of power generation. Harry ----- Original Message ---- > From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <orionwo...@charter.net> > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Sent: Sun, August 29, 2010 9:48:31 PM > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Energy conservation: Not such a bright idea > > From Harry Veeder, > > ... > > Regarding the article from: > > > > http://www.economist.com/node/16886228 > > > > ... > > Personally, I think this article has manufactured flawed assumptions. For >example, even if I could I have absolutely no desire to increase my indoor >environment to be as bright as outdoor day light - which seems to be the >conclusion this article is predicting we might do. For god's sake! I stay >indoors to AVOID the glare of bright day light. > > Regarding the concluding paragraph. > > > It is worth remembering that when gas lights replaced candles and oil > > lamps in the 19th century, some newspapers reported that they were > > glaring and dazzling white. In fact, a gas jet of the time gave off > > about as much light as a 25 watt incandescent bulb does today. To modern > > eyes, that is well on the dim side. So, for those who truly wish to > > reduce the amount of energy expended on lighting the answer may not be > > to ban old-fashioned incandescent bulbs, as is the current trend, but to > > make them compulsory. > > I have no idea what the last sentence means. Make WHAT compulsory? Making > the >use of incandescent light bulbs compulsory???? Are they serious???? > > Regards, > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > > >
