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

[Ivan Trundle]

On 21/02/2007, at 1:31 PM, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:

> 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?

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