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) [...]

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. [...]

LED lights, Theory vs Practice

LED technology is the current favorite for lighting in the future. They use less energy than fluorescent lights and can emit more pleasing light.  They also in theory do not need to be replaced for many years. I worked at a hardware and furniture store when I was in college and we carried many different [...]