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Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks back
Fri, 08/17/2007 - 23:24 — nn
From ZDNet News, on retired General Electric engineer Ed Hammer:
"Consumers with an eye to conserving energy may be snatching those swirly compact fluorescent bulbs off store shelves now, but 30 years ago they were barely a shade away from crazy.
"I was given a number of reasons why it wouldn't work," said Ed Hammer, a retired General Electric engineer who invented compact fluorescent while working at the company in the 1970s. "I was told it could be a little better than an incandescent bulb, but that was about it."