The Nannies in Washington Working Overtime Pushing ?Energy Saving? Light Bulbs
<p>Have you heard of the Department of Energy?s ?L? prize?</p> <blockquote><p>Washington, D.C. ? The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that Philips Lighting North America has won the 60-watt replacement bulb category of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The Department of Energy?s L Prize challenged the lighting industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs that will save American consumers and businesses money.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yep, you read that blurb correctly. Our very broke Federal Government handed Phillips Lighting North America (a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands) a cool $10 million for developing a LED light bulb with the equivalent light output of a 60 watt incandescent.</p> <p>The DOE press release goes on to discuss the performance of Phillips new LED bulbs? performance with respect to its lifetime hours, performance at temperature extremes, performance in humidity.
The Nannies in Washington Working Overtime Pushing ?Energy Saving? Light Bulbs <p>Have you heard of the Department of Energy?s ?L? prize?</p> <blockquote><p>Washington, D.C. ? The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that Philips Lighting North America has won the 60-watt replacement bulb category of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The Department of Energy?s L Prize challenged the lighting industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs that will save American consumers and businesses money.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yep, you read that blurb correctly. Our very broke Federal Government handed Phillips Lighting North America (a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands) a cool $10 million for developing a LED light bulb with the equivalent light output of a 60 watt incandescent.</p> <p>The DOE press release goes on to discuss the performance of Phillips new LED bulbs? performance with respect to its lifetime hours, performance at temperature extremes, performance in humidity.
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