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BTW, AUM, what are you going to do with the mercury in those compact fluorescent bulbs? It's a far worse pollutant than the electricity (from a non-polluting hydroelectric dam) you think you're saving. And the incandescent-filament bulb you replaced with those CFs, didn't have any.
I don't worry about things like that - especially when I'm making a joke.
BTW, AUM, what are you going to do with the mercury in those compact fluorescent bulbs? It's a far worse pollutant than the electricity (from a non-polluting hydroelectric dam) you think you're saving. And the incandescent-filament bulb you replaced with those CFs, didn't have any.
"Ironically, compact fluorescent bulbs are responsible for less mercury contamination than the incandescent bulbs they replaced, even though incandescents don't contain any mercury. The highest source of mercury in America’s air and water results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, at utilities that supply electricity. Since a compact fluorescent bulb uses 75 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb, and lasts at least six times longer, it is responsible for far less mercury pollution in the long run. A coal-burning power plant will emit four times more mercury to produce the electricity for an incandescent bulb than for a compact fluorescent."
The highest source of mercury in America’s air and water results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, at utilities that supply electricity.
As I pointed out, AUM in Palm Springs, CA gets his electricity from a hydroelectric dam.
You were about to explain to us, how much mercury is produced by that dam, by the fossil fuels you seem to think it burns, weren't you?
"Ironically, compact fluorescent bulbs are responsible for less mercury contamination than the incandescent bulbs they replaced, even though incandescents don't contain any mercury. The highest source of mercury in America’s air and water results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, at utilities that supply electricity. Since a compact fluorescent bulb uses 75 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb, and lasts at least six times longer, it is responsible for far less mercury pollution in the long run. A coal-burning power plant will emit four times more mercury to produce the electricity for an incandescent bulb than for a compact fluorescent."
the false advertizing
I replaced ALL of my incandescents 2 years ago with 7 yr CFB's.... now I am having to replace many of them....they dont really last much longer
seems to be a foreign word to quite a few people around here
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