Androcles wrote:
"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
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Ron Peterson wrote:
On Dec 5, 9:19 am, "Androcles" wrote:

The latest fireflies from Nature now produce more than a million times
the
amount
of light that a compact LED produces for even less electrical power.
White LEDs can have an efficiency of 22% currently compared to a
maximum possible efficiency for white light of 37%, fireflies are only
96% efficient.
Latest record is around 190 lm/W
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficacy

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Dirk

How many watts does a firefly use, then?

No idea, but it is far higher efficiency than any current LED

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Dirk

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