Sunlight in a Tube

Elitist_Phoenix writes "Scientists are developing a technology to save energy by transmitting sunlight into buildings through tubes. Indoor electric lighting is the largest consumer of electricity in commercial buildings. Their new system. called hybrid solar lighting, would reduce this energy usage with fixtures that supplement or completely replace electric light with sunlight, at times when its available. The system is called hybrid solar lighting (Google)."

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Re:This may be the first ever

[SoCalChris]

Obviously you don't remember Jon Katz.

Did you know that Jon Katz is a puppy thief?

Seriously.

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