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		<title><![CDATA[Seeking a bright idea on light bulbs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government please helpI need to big Gov to feed & cloth me.Dimmable Light BulbsI hope those new dimmable light bulbs are completely dimmable from 0 to 100% in a linear scale.Otherwise, incandescent is the only way to go for home automation as I use ramp rates in Insteon lamp modules.CFL's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Remodelled house generates more energy than it uses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is AMAZING how much CFLs save ....Not just in raw wattage consumption, but on reducing the heat load on air conditioning.It adds up to BIG BUCKS every month!LEDs the next big thingCFLs require about 1/3rd of the energy to produce a given light output, when compared to incandescents.LED bulbs,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?We have mostly CFLs in our house.They are very bright for the wattage the use.  They also have different spectrum values.  But the mercury is a nasty drawback.  I hope the LEDs will have a similar selection of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 17:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is green living just for the rich?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is green living just for the rich?Al Gore & Obama living richYes, I would agree Al Gore is getting rich off carbon bogus lies.RE: Is green living just for the rich?I don't buy into the "green movement", at least not in its entirety.  Sure, I'll use CFLs, but that's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The CFL kerfuffle]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CFL kerfuffleThe NY Times deserves to go bankruptThat kind of shoddy journalism makes me glad they will eventually go out of business. Personally, I have swapped about 80% of the bulbs in my home with CFLs. One 6 pack of GE bulbs worked for about an hour in my...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is the LED revolution coming?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the LED revolution coming?Not so fastLED's are a great technology, however they are still very expensive to implement. I spent approximately $250 in bulbs (from www.thebulb.com) for CFL's to convert my entire home [and thats with the Energy Star discount code]. Grand total of bulbs? About 40. Now I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun).  Any bright ideas?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Needed: a truly green source of light besides the sun.  Any bright ideas?The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW by Jeff WilsonThis past year the exorbitant cost of fuel has seriously damaged our economy.After filling up the family vehicles and paying more for every consumer product whose cost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun).  Any bright ideas?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1430]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fossil fuel prices are dropping so all the folks who rushed into the alternative energy branch of greentech are going to be slogging up a steep and slippery slope for some time.  But can't somebody come up with a good idea for artificial lighting that is both more efficient...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:43:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Towards low-cost LED lighting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical.  Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks back]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks backLED/CFL and DimmersThere are not many CFLs that are dimmable, but if they are, they don't dim well below 20% like at the home theater and when it comes to "sunrise" effect during the time I wake up around 5:30 AM. CFLs must...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lights out for conventional bulbs in California?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lights out for conventional bulbs in California?Humming?I have CFL's throughout my home as well as at work. Although my hearing may not be that good, I have never heard them hum nor have I heard anyone complain about it.As for the environmental concerns of temperature and humidity, not as big...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
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