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Light poverty is the state or condition in which people or communities lack artificial or electric light after sunset. This originates from many social and economic reasons, including inability to afford efficient lighting. [1] Light poverty may also occur when a country's national grid has not electrified rural areas requiring light. [2]
Electric cars are cheaper than ever before, with prices falling and a $7,500 federal tax credit. EV battery technology is advancing, and the network of public charging stations is growing nationwide.
An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting . Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic , metal, glass, or plastic which secures the lamp in the socket of a light fixture , which is often called a "lamp" as well.
Some electric utilities and local governments subsidized CFLs or provided them free to customers as a means of reducing electricity demand. For a given light output, CFLs use between one fifth and one quarter the power of an equivalent incandescent lamp. Unlike incandescent lamps CFLs need a little time to warm up and reach full brightness. Not ...
“You’re going to go EV eventually,” said Trevor Curwin, director of partnerships for in-car payment tech provider Sheeva.AI. “Most big automakers are sunsetting combustion engines by 2035 ...
Most objects do not reflect or transmit light specularly and to some degree scatters the incoming light, which is called glossiness. Surface scatterance is caused by the surface roughness of the reflecting surfaces, and internal scatterance is caused by the difference of refractive index between the particles and medium inside the object.
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A 12-year UK study that tracked 135,000 adults 60 and older found that even light drinking was associated with an increase in cancer deaths. If you booze, you lose.