So, to sum up, hide or disguise your burned out compact fluorescent light bulbs before discarding.
1 posted on
03/09/2011 9:32:41 AM PST by
La Lydia
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To: La Lydia
I thought they last forever?
2 posted on
03/09/2011 9:36:09 AM PST by
de.rm
('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx Let us prey)
To: La Lydia
No problem. The federal government will print billions more to send out to states so they can start a new program to pick up the hippie light bulbs.
Of course, the $0.03 each homeowner saves in electricity each year will be gobbled up by the $500 in new taxes to fund the new recycling program. But hey! It’s for the children.
3 posted on
03/09/2011 9:39:07 AM PST by
Obadiah
(If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
To: La Lydia
Those “eco bulbs” are loaded with mercury.
4 posted on
03/09/2011 9:39:17 AM PST by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: La Lydia
Yep, everyone becomes a criminal subject to the heavy-hand of the state.
5 posted on
03/09/2011 9:40:39 AM PST by
Obadiah
(If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
To: La Lydia
..when and if the time comes, when ever they burn out here,I’m dropping them off at the local DNC office....
6 posted on
03/09/2011 9:40:53 AM PST by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: La Lydia
7 posted on
03/09/2011 9:41:15 AM PST by
PLD
To: La Lydia; de.rm; Obadiah; LottieDah
Big frikkin deal folks.
The big flourescent bulbs have too, for 50 years!
The ones that have been in ur skoolz! In ur workz! Get over it!
9 posted on
03/09/2011 9:41:58 AM PST by
sam_paine
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To: La Lydia
10 posted on
03/09/2011 9:43:20 AM PST by
CedarDave
(Global warming is to today's science as was the sun moving around the earth in Galileo's time)
To: La Lydia
What do you think those Postal boxes on the street corner are for? Mail?
14 posted on
03/09/2011 9:49:18 AM PST by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: La Lydia
Liberalism is against nature and always leads to absurd results.
20 posted on
03/09/2011 9:51:43 AM PST by
Leftism is Mentally Deranged
(Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
To: La Lydia
Maybe people ought to mail them to their Congressmen (at least the ones who voted to do away with incandescents)? Nah, Janet Incompetanto would probably label it an act of domestic terrorism.
22 posted on
03/09/2011 9:53:05 AM PST by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: La Lydia
What about those “old fashioned” straight fluorescent bulbs? They have mercury in them too. How come it isn’t a hazmat event when one of them breaks or is thrown in the trash?
23 posted on
03/09/2011 9:53:37 AM PST by
Fresh Wind
(TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
To: La Lydia
While I think CFLs suck and refuse to buy them this is just plain silliness. There’s not that much mercury in them, and it doesn’t sneak out of the glass. If these guys have handled normal fluorescent bulbs then they’ve faced all the same “dangers” they’ll face with CFLs.
28 posted on
03/09/2011 10:01:48 AM PST by
discostu
(this is definitely not my confused face)
To: La Lydia
No, you take them down to your local federal building and smash them against it..in secrete of course.
29 posted on
03/09/2011 10:03:09 AM PST by
crz
To: La Lydia
34 posted on
03/09/2011 10:07:25 AM PST by
Cyber Liberty
(You CAN get blood from a stone, if you throw it hard enough.)
To: La Lydia; de.rm; Obadiah; LottieDah; Doogle; PLD; RC2; sam_paine; CedarDave; iceskater; ...
The government should not mandate this or that type bulb, nor outlaw this or that type either.
But for conservatives to turn around and stand on the “these bulbs are oh so poisonous” bullcrap is ridiculous.
They’re not any more disposal hazard than tube fluorescents and MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS which have been in homes and schools and workplaces for decades.
They should not be mandated but they are also not radioactive, so to speak....not that radioactive smoke alarms are dangerous either....unless you eat a lot of them.
Fight the government, not the technology.
My lord this country has become such a bunch of scared pussycats.
37 posted on
03/09/2011 10:12:06 AM PST by
sam_paine
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To: La Lydia
For 40-50 years +/-, hardly anyone worried much about breaking the 2’, 4’, and 8’ fluorescent tubes used heavily in commercial, institutional and industrial buildings.
Just something to think about . . .
38 posted on
03/09/2011 10:18:22 AM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: La Lydia
“traditional light bulbs will soon be illegal,”
Which is why I am stocking up every month. I already have a few years worth.....
40 posted on
03/09/2011 10:28:59 AM PST by
CSM
(Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: La Lydia
The hysteria and just plain lies about CFLs has to stop. They save a tremendous amount of energy. They outlast regular bulbs. They contain a TINY amount of mercury which is a natural element found naturally in the dirt in your garden.
“In short, the exposure from breaking a compact fluorescent bulb is in about the same range as the exposure from eating a can or two of tuna fish.”
http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/07/31/cfl_mercury-2/
48 posted on
03/09/2011 10:46:53 AM PST by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
To: La Lydia
I am usually impressed with the intelligence displayed on FR. BUT, when CFLs or 1.6 gpf toilets come up for discussion, IQs drop off a cliff. Why is that?
50 posted on
03/09/2011 10:50:56 AM PST by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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