incand lamps debate [wasRe: [LINK] Here's one that will snag a few]

[grove at zeta.org.au]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 12:10 PM 21/02/2007, Craig Sanders wrote:
>> also, the heating from incand. light bulbs is all up near the ceiling,
>> and has minimal effect on ground-level temperature.
>
> Uh, not in my house. I use table lamps and directed pole lamps. Ceiling 
> lights are either not bright enough or not directional enough or glare too 
> much on the telly or computer screen. I prefer natural light during the day.

Has anyone ever seen how you can hold a fluro tube underneath one of those 
large power lines and it will light up?

Is there some sort of practical way that this sort of energy could be 
used for small light sources, such as street lighting or similar?

I don't know how much energy is required to do this, but in this modern 
age, surely it is possible to create some low energy radiation that 
can be converted to chemical light somehow?   Nicolai Tesla certainly 
was interested in electricity distribution in a similar manner,
but I am only talking about low level magnetic or radio waves 
that can be chemically converted into radiant light.

Or have I been eating too many wine gums?


rachel

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