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Because of innovations in LED technology, the amount of electricity used for lighting is down drastically

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Because of innovations in LED technology, the amount of electricity used for lighting is down drastically

www.bloomberg.com

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The Incredible Shrinking Energy Use of a Light Bulb

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Thanks to rapid gains in efficiency, home lighting accounts for a much smaller share of the world’s power consumption than it used to.

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How do you power them? Just connect to the current lighting wiring?
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  Most led tape either comes with a small battery pack or just plugs directly into the wall socket
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    Yep, and you can even trim it with scissors and connect pieces together. It’s pretty neat stuff

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