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Eighty Year Old Saved Us $800 Billion!

Posted By Brad On September 23, 2006 @ 10:54 pm In BESComputers.net | No Comments

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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