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To: Road Walker who wrote (183389)	2/23/2004 6:16:50 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

John, re:Solar and hybrid/electric cars happen to the two of the best, and are doable right now. Articles I've read say the next generation of solar panels are going to be more efficient and cheaper. Yeah, like a cure for cancer or Diabetes research, it's always just around the corner. I doubt 100% electric cars are going to work out, but the hybrid gas/electric or perhaps a hyrdogen/electric will. re:Another incremental improvement would be to outlaw incandescent bulbs. Replace them all with compact fluorescent, save about 75% in energy AND the bulb price is cheaper over the product lifetime. Why does anyone buy incandescent? Don't ask me. A bit harsh don't you think? I have a house full of 60 watt can or flood lights, each one in fluorescent would cost at least $8-9 each - probably 25 in total. So 25*8 = $400-450, ignoring the comparison with existing lights and not knowing how much of my total power bill is lighting, assuming it lowered my monthly by just 10% it would take at least two years to re-coup the cost. I have considered doing this over time, but then the hodge podge of lighting starts to annoy me - I can say I'm surprised how long some of my traditional bulbs have lasted, some well over six years now. Perhaps if we made it illegal to price gouge for fluorescent lights in the first place I'd switch over tomorrow, but those bulbs are 3-4x the initial cost.