General Electric doesn’t have a very high opinion of the consumer

GE,
I’m disappointed.
I work in a hardware store and we have three basic types of lightbulbs for general use,
Incandescent:  The original Thomas Edison invention, they use 3% of the electricity to produce light and the rest of the electricity produces heat.  Essentially it is a very small fire.
Compact Flourescent (the spiral bulbs) :   A smaller version [...]

LED part two

A while back I wrote a post on how LEDs might suck because my personal experience with them has been bad.
Well I’ve done the research and it seems clear that all lighting will eventually be LED lighting.  My father just built a house lighted entirely with LEDs and his electric bill is ridiculously low. The [...]

Green Gadgets part two

Here are some good examples of green design done right vs. completely misguided.
A computer made from light weight reusable and recyclable materials.  Also if you are tech savvy at all you can just buy new components instead of a whole new system.
The Takeup:

A computer made out of cardboard.  It’s true cardboard is easily recyclable but [...]

Blight the lighting shades

Today was the annual Green Gadgets Design competition.  I think it’s fantastic that people are excited about being innovative for a positive purpose.  Many of these products will contribute to a better world and others will simply waste time and money.  We should be skeptical of these new inventions because while they all have good motives, [...]