[LINK] GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology

[Frank O'Connor]

Amazing how fortuitous these 'Great Leaps Forward' in design are, isn't it?

I mean ... here we have a press item about a couple of governments 
seeking to mandate more energy efficient lighting alternatives, and 
(insert shock and amazed disbelief here) a coincidence par excellence 
... a major manufacturer of the offending item (incandescent bulbs) 
suddenly announces that they have a much more energy efficient 
alternative in the works.

You gotta hand it to those lighting (power company) boffins ...

						Regards,

At 9:15 AM +1100 27/2/07, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>Leading on from the incandescent/fluorescent debate it seems we have 
>to wait a while yet... (stupidly long URL)
>
>http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/?epi_menuItemID=989a6827590d7dda9cdf6023a0908a0c&epi_menuID=c791260db682611740b28e347a808a0c&epi_baseMenuID=384979e8cc48c441ef0130f5c6908a0c&ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&div=946895406&newsId=20070223005120
>
>New High-Efficiency Lamps Targeted for Market by 2010
>
>"GE Consumer & Industrial's Lighting division, a world leader in the 
>development of energy-efficient lighting products, today announced 
>advancements to the light bulb invented by GE's founder Thomas 
>Edison that potentially will elevate the energy efficiency of this 
>125-year-old technology to levels comparable to compact fluorescent 
>lamps (CFL), delivering significant environmental benefits. Over the 
>next several years, these advancements will lead to the introduction 
>of high-efficiency incandescent lamps that provide the same high 
>light quality, brightness and color as current incandescent lamps 
>while saving energy and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions."
>
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