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To: DMaA who wrote (253399)	6/6/2008 3:17:14 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793669

California will need to build a lot of solar panels and solar power plants. There's also plenty of room to cut existing power usage with more efficient light bulbs and appliances. Here's a neat example... LIFI Plasma Light Bulb youtube.com 15 lumens per watt - Incandescent bulb 70 lumens per watt - LED light 144 lumens per watt - Luxim LIFI electrodeless plasma bulb The electrodeless lamp was one of Nikola Tesla's great inventions. Thanks to Silicon Valley and modern electronics we can finally put it to work... Electrodeless lamp en.wikipedia.org Nikola Tesla demonstrated wired and wireless transfer of power to electrodeless fluorescent and incandescent lamps in his lectures and articles in the 1890's, and subsequently patented a system of light and power distribution on those principles. In the lecture before the AIEE, May 20, 1891, titled Experiments with Alternating Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination [1] and US patent 454622, among many other references in the technical and popular press are found countless records for Tesla's priority in this field. A suit filed by Tesla against J. J. Thomson for priority on the patent was subsequently granted in Tesla's favor. The transcripts of the case languish currently in archives, awaiting processing, and eventual publishing. Noting the diagrams in Tesla's lectures and patents, a striking similarity of construction to electrodeless lamps that are available on the market currently is readily apparent. Further, a statement in 1929 by Tesla, published in The World : "Surely, my system is more important than the incandescent lamp, which is but one of the known electric illuminating devices and admittedly not the best. Although greatly improved through chemical and metallurgical advances and skill of artisans it is still inefficient, and the glaring filament emits hurtful rays responsible for millions of bald heads and spoiled eyes. In my opinion, it will soon be superseded by the electrodeless vacuum tube which I brought out thirty-eight years ago, a lamp much more economical and yielding a light of indescribable beauty and softness."