Comments for Panama Handing Out $13M in CFLs at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://ecogeek.org Sat, 18 May 2013 13:13:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-19922 Here is the project website for more information: www.emerald-monkey.com - Simon Hurst Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:11:46 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-19921 This project that is in the construction phase in Bocas Del Toro, just of the caribbean coast of Panama in Central America. Will boast the 1st zero carbon footprint in the world for a luxury resort. - Simon Hurst Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:04:14 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-18482 How did it go for Puget Sound last year then? Did they significantly reduce their energy consumption, or did it not go quite how they planned? (my guess is the latter). And did they end up having to do some dam work after all? - Clinch Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:44:50 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-18428 For a while last year in the Puget Sound area CFL's were selling for about a buck a piece, courtesy of Puget Sound Electric. I guess the did the math and figured out it was cheaper to subsidize CFLs than try to build or replace a dam. So, it can happen here in the US, when someone is smart. - gianni Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:02:14 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-18425 Correct me if I'm wrong here, but this kind of initiative would be much harder to make work in the US because the privatized power industry would not take too kindly to officials "doing them out of revenue". - Bandraginus Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:58:13 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2073#comment-18420 I still think CFLs suck compaired to LEDs, and that the main problem with lighting isn't residential (>3% national energy usage), it's industrial/commercial (~19%). But it will be interesting to see if Panama comes close to saving as much energy through this as they predict they will. - Clinch Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:57:45 +0100