GOOD Goes Pro-Nuke
response to GOOD magazine and Johanna Goodman's post Nuclear Energy Goes Green
"At last, the environmental movement, after fighting new plants for decades, has warmed up to the idea."??? Did anyone tell your staff the LEDs are going to reduce global electric consumption by 60%... What are you guys doing?
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LEDs are a good thing, but...
While I certainly like the idea of LEDs and other conservation measures, using LEDs will not cook my food, cool my house, smelt aluminum, or propel my Prius Hybrid.
I believe a University of California Santa Barbara study said that LEDs have to potential of cutting LIGHTING costs by half, but LEDs aren't going to stop the burning of petroleum products which power the rest of the needs people have.
And, of course, the cost of switching all our lighting appliances to LEDs and the costs involved in scaling LEDs up to the same production rates as incandescent and fluorescent bulbs will be quite high, too.
Again, there's simply no perfect answer to the Earth's energy problems, all we can do is pick the "best worst" one.
LEDs will certainly help, but they're NOT the answer.
Posted on February 10, 2008 — by Duncan_Kunz
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