You know when you see a really good movie and you get all pumped up about it and can’t stop telling people about it? You say stuff like “No, seriously- you need to watch this” and “It’s really interesting.” I’m not going to do that.
I try not to recommend things too often, but this film [...]
Buckingham Palace is doing it and so are US cities like Ann Arbor and Raleigh. All these cities are installing LED lighting, that is. The New York Times article “Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting” and a blog post from the Times website discuss the potential benefits and some downfalls of LED [...]
There’s been a lot of backlash to the CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) movement recently. Why?
Mercury.
CFLs contain small amounts of mercury. When these bulbs reach the end of their lives (on average 5 or more years – 10 times that of incandescent bulbs), they usually end up in the trash. On the way to the landfill, [...]