Comments on: Battle of the bulbs; Ted at TED http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/07/battle-of-the-bulbs-ted-at-ted/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/07/battle-of-the-bulbs-ted-at-ted/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Anonymous Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:29:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/07/battle-of-the-bulbs-ted-at-ted/#comment-1062 What's the deal with Sargent and the canned photos? I am familar with his work and I've seen them interspersed in his publications as webpage. What’s the deal with Sargent and the canned photos? I am familar with his work and I’ve seen them interspersed in his publications as webpage.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/07/battle-of-the-bulbs-ted-at-ted/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 Anonymous Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/07/battle-of-the-bulbs-ted-at-ted/#comment-1061 Hmm... So big ol' GE is scared of Asian producers holding much of the CFL / LED market and doesn't want to get put behind by a ban on 'heat bulbs' just because they have a technology that will not even match the efficiency of CLF's when released in 2010 and *might* eventually match the efficiency of TODAYS CFL's? Did I miss something? Who says that CFL tech (and LED) will not improve in 3 years as well.. further widening the gap? This argument sounds like an echo of the American auto industry that is slowly going the way of the DODO because they fell too far behind, basing business on inefficient products and refusing to step forward because they were worried about re-tooling plants and emissions standards hurting the bottom-line of today... all while overseas companies saw the promise of efficient technologies/products and went full steam ahead. GE does make the valid point of having the policy focus aimed on efficiency standards... but it wont save the heat bulb, or GE if they continue with focusing innovation in limited technologies when other areas of lighting technology are making leaps and bounds. Also - what about CCFT? ;) Hmm… So big ol’ GE is scared of Asian producers holding much of the CFL / LED market and doesn’t want to get put behind by a ban on ‘heat bulbs’ just because they have a technology that will not even match the efficiency of CLF’s when released in 2010 and *might* eventually match the efficiency of TODAYS CFL’s? Did I miss something? Who says that CFL tech (and LED) will not improve in 3 years as well.. further widening the gap?

This argument sounds like an echo of the American auto industry that is slowly going the way of the DODO because they fell too far behind, basing business on inefficient products and refusing to step forward because they were worried about re-tooling plants and emissions standards hurting the bottom-line of today… all while overseas companies saw the promise of efficient technologies/products and went full steam ahead.

GE does make the valid point of having the policy focus aimed on efficiency standards… but it wont save the heat bulb, or GE if they continue with focusing innovation in limited technologies when other areas of lighting technology are making leaps and bounds.

Also – what about CCFT? ;)

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