ecogeek.org — Refrigerators used to consume 2000 kilowatt-hours per day, now they use 450 kwh. Windows used to let in every ounce of heat that hit them, now the reflect the majority of infra-red light. Light bulbs used to be made of white-hot tungsten, now they're made of cool fluorescent gasses. The story of how an 80 year old particle physicist saved us all
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snypaSep 23, 2006
What a legend.
monkeywizardSep 23, 2006
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jhullaSep 23, 2006
i saved 80 cents once.
themattmanSep 23, 2006
What a great person
megaloidSep 23, 2006
So THAT'S what a "Rolls Canhardly" is.
redneckbluesSep 24, 2006
It says he was born in 1927, so that is about 80 years.
twangoSep 24, 2006
Surely they meant watt-hours per day. 2000 watt-hours = 2kWh.By comparison a 100W light bulb left on can consume 24hrs*100W or 2.4kWh per day.
chrislewisSep 24, 2006
Fridges are about 450W.Look, "All of these innovations were contributed to by one man's laboratory. Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld" His laboratory? So what? He didnt invent them, he owned the laboratory were they were worked on. It doesnt say anywhere that he invented anything.