Christopher Moore is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Coastal Carolina University. He lives in Myrtle Beach, SC with his wife and two children.I’ve decided to participate in the OneBillionBulbs project and have begun replacing my old incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving fluorescent bulbs. I encourage everyone else to join the ilovephysics.com group and begin saving money and energy.
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Hat tip: Kn@ppster and Glen Reynolds.
Why haven’t physicists been talking about the “planned obsolescence” of automobiles for the last 40 years? How many trillions of dollars have Americans lost on the DEPRECIATION of automobiles? And now you want to make a big deal about light bulbs?
http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?t=28529
I’m not sure what the hell you are talking about. I own a 15 year old truck that I plan to drive for another 5 years, at least. I could sell it for about what I paid for it five years ago. I’ve never owned nor have I advised ANYONE to buy a new car. As far as “planned obsolescence,” well cars have lots of moving parts. What do you expect? And more to the point, what the hell does it have to do with physics, and why should I or other physicists spend our time talking about topics in economics and/or personal finance?
Changing to compact fluorescent bulbs, even if EVERY person in the country where to do so, would be a TINY drop in the bucket with respect to energy savings and carbon emissions. But it saves me between $50-$80 dollars a year and I have to replace bulbs a LOT less. Do you really have a problem with my personal preference in light bulb?