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Bulb is Brighter Than Streetlight Posted By Mike Chino On April
7, 2008 @ 8:00 am In Green Lighting,Green Lighting,Renewable
Energy | 6 Comments Luxim  labs recently unveiled an incredibly
energy efficient light bulb that packs more luminosity than a
street lamp into a pill-sized form factor. Each bulb is filled
with argon gas, which turns to plasma when electricity is
focused through it. The energy is driven to the bulb without
electrodes. The resulting light is intensely bright and mirrors
the quality of light radiated by the sun, yet is produced by one
of the smallest, most energy efficient  light sources we’ve
seen. A substantial portion of energy is converted into light
instead of heat, which makes the bulbs highly efficient. Each
super-bulb produces a stunning 140 lumens per watt, doubling the
output of high-end LEDs  (70 lumens per watt) and leaving
standard light bulbs in the d