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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 16:25:08 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:25:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a529bbe36ea84ce1023c3fd7ab5d7559"; logging-data="1453855"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+w5juzczuYIDeBHDV5MabfQBEpmo8PsYE=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UgJFroDE9aH13WGrrz9yl3VtVwk= Bytes: 2931 On 2024-08-06 03:14:09 +0000, Bobbie Sellers said: > On 7/7/24 05:38, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >> On 2024-07-07, Your Name wrote: >> >>> LED bulbs are largely a scam for bulb makers to stuff more money into >>> their pockets. >> >> Here's some realistic numbers: I replace a 40 W incandescent bulb >> with a LED one. Aldi middle isle, 2 euros. Residental power is >> about 0.40 euros/kWh here, so the bulb will have paid for itself once >> it has saved 2/0.40 = 5 kWh. It produces the same illumination at >> 1/10 of the power of the incandescent, so it saves 40 - 40/10 = 36 W. >> 5000 Wh / 36 W = 140 h, so if used one hour each day, it will have >> paid for itself in under five months. If it eventually dies after >> 10,000 hours instead of a promised 30,000, so be it. >> >> You can plug in numbers that are applicable to your situation and >> in your part of the world. >> > > That is theoretical saving. Down at the Power Company the > receipts are down due to power saving so to pay for maintenance > and emergency repair service they must raise the price of your > power. This is what happened in California at least in the > San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company > is now mainly a power distribution company and they are putting > lines under ground now in sensitive areas which we are helping > to pay for. As well as Battery Farms to save all the wind & solar > power generated while the sun is shining and wind is blowing for > those times we call night. > And if stops some wild fires in sensitive areas > then it will be worth the additional cost because the day > after the sky turns red with smoke it comes down to where > we must breath. > > bliss Yep. and none of that new greeny nonsense, including LED bulbs, are actually any better for the environment than the old versions anyway. So it's simply a waste of money "look good" promotional exercise.