LEDs will light up Rockefeller Christmas tree (AP/CNN)

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" -- with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he hoped the change to the midtown Manhattan display will inspire the tens of millions of New Yorkers and tourists who see the tree every year.

"Now they will see an example of green leadership which may inspire them to make greener choices in their own lives," Bloomberg said Tuesday.

The 84-foot-tall Norway spruce will be covered with 30,000 multicolored light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, strung on five miles of wire.

Using the energy-efficient LEDs to replace incandescent bulbs will reduce the display's electricity consumption from 3,510 to 1,297 kilowatt hours per day. The daily savings is equal to the amount of electricity consumed by a typical 2,000-square-foot house in a month.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/21/green.christmas.ap/index.html

A 73% savings -- cut your lighting bills to ONE-FOURTH! That's a good message for people to read.

[liberal N proud]

1. We are using LED for our outdoor lighting this holiday

The blues are absolutely mesmerizing
They claim 90% energy savings, we will see if the savings is significant.

[bananas]

2. Last year, the only place I could find blinking LED Christmas lights was Michael's Craft stores.

They have 16 blink patterns.
They were only 18 feet long - good for a tree, but not long enough to go around the house.
Haven't looked at lights this year.