On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
Overall consumption may not rise much in the first world, because many > people consume all the energy they want. I am sure consumption will rise in > the the third world. > Assuming CF is commercialized in our lifetimes, people will no doubt end up doing some pretty declasse things, like designing refrigerators without doors. People will create velvet paintings affixed with permanent lights that move around and flash. We'll all forget about the rule where you're supposed to turn the light off when you leave the room, for two reasons. First, the light will know to turn itself off, and second, there won't be a particular need to turn it off. I'll get my beloved regular old lightbulbs back and will say goodbye to compact fluorescents forever. Eric
