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I feel we need to be as forward thinking as we can about our energy consumption

Here is a recent article from the New York Times about Philips new LED light bulb (http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/is-this-the-lightbulb-of-the-future/).

Today, Philips is the first company to submit an entry to the Department of Energy's contest to win $10 million for the development of a better, more energy efficient, light bulb. "Among the criteria: The lamp can use no more than 10 watts to create the equivalent light of a 60-watt incandescent bulb; the color of the light output must mimic that of today’s incandescents; and the bulbs must last at least 25,000 hours, as much as 25 times as long as today’s standard bulbs."