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Originally Posted by lendaddy
Of course government mandates can stimulate innovation, any pressure to evolve leads to eventual evolution. The problem is that it's highly ineffective when compared to a truly powerful motivator like market draw.
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Agreed - but remember there is both push and pull of govt. re innovation.
i.e. grants targeted to certain areas (human genome project), military R&D, space pgm etc.
vs. std. setting, requirement of a certain cap on pollution, etc.
re CFLs - I am not ahuge fan but mix a few into fixtures that are used a lot. I am hoping for LEDs...