On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:14:48 +0000 (UTC), bz
wrote:

default wrote in :


On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:37:44 GMT, "James Sweet"
wrote:

Who
knows what else might be on the horizon.

Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0604lamps.html


efficiency seems about the same as incandecent bulbs.

It is basically a fluorescent lamp so they should be able to get at
least that efficiency out of it. Hard to predict what the real
benefit, if any, will be.

Media and marketing hype are driving the prediction - and they are
sucking down taxpayer money to play with it, so even if it is totally
impractical, you won't see them admit it.

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