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US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sale (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by Hoskald (letsgoviking [AT] gmail [DOT] com) on Tue Dec 25th, 2007 at 10:09:22 AM MST
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The Big problem with this law is that the US is trading one environmental concern for another, possibly worse, in the future. While there were few users of CFL the mercury content was negligible and at the higher price point they were treated as equipment and not disposable items. Now that they will mandated, they will be treated as the current crop of light bulbs and just tossed. This will add a significant amount of free mercury in the landfills and thus into the environment. Frankly, I don't see this as a good thing.

There is a place for everything. I currently run about 90% CFL in my house, but there are other applications where the regular old incandescent  bulbs are the superior option. Night stand lights in the children's rooms are one.  They tend to knock over lamps on a semi-regular basis and I don't need exposure  to  mercury  added to the broken glass. And then there are places where the cost of a CFL isn't justified, for example, the hallway light that isn't on more than an hour a year.

Legislating common sense has never worked, never will.
____ For the sake of Peace the Sword... www.letsgoviking.com



US To Extinguish (Most) Incandescent Bulb Sales By 2012 | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial)

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