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THIS IS TO WARN ALL FREEPERS ABOUT THE DANGER OF CFLs
1 posted on 09/26/2013 4:39:35 PM PDT by Truthoverpower
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To: Truthoverpower

Uh huh...


2 posted on 09/26/2013 4:41:21 PM PDT by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: Truthoverpower

If the mercury vapor escapes from the bulb, how does it stay lit?


3 posted on 09/26/2013 4:43:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Truthoverpower

where is this information from?


4 posted on 09/26/2013 4:44:16 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Truthoverpower

And LED’s are coming down in price and out perform CFL’s

It is ok to be “green” even if you are conservative.


5 posted on 09/26/2013 4:44:57 PM PDT by staytrue
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To: Truthoverpower

I have “shocking truth” fatigue. As well as, “one weird trick to...” fatigue.


6 posted on 09/26/2013 4:46:10 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Still crazy after all these beers.)
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To: Truthoverpower

I throw dead CFLs in the trash. The f’ing government mandates them; the f’ing government can deal with them. Not my problem.


7 posted on 09/26/2013 4:46:28 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Truthoverpower

THIS IS TO WARN ALL FREEPERS ABOUT THE DANGER OF CFLs


IS IT NOISY WHERE YOU ARE? I’LL TYPE IN ALL CAPS SO YOU CAN HEAR ME!


8 posted on 09/26/2013 4:48:44 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Truthoverpower

I’ve been using them for the past ten years or so. They save a ton of money on the electric bill. And if you get the right brand, they are a pleasant color.

I think over the years we have broken ONE bulb. We cleaned it up carefully. No problems.

Our electricity here in Vermont is extremely expensive. We have one large room in the house—a combination kitchen, dining, study, family meeting, and all-purpose room. When we bought the house it had twenty 100 watt bulbs around the ceiling. Now it has twenty 13 watt bulbs. A little dimmer than it was, but bright enough to cook, read, work with computers, or whatever. And it’s down from 2,000 watts to 260 watts. The rest of the house is much the same.


9 posted on 09/26/2013 4:50:03 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Here's four pages of instructions from the EPA detailing what to do to clean up a broken CFL. Step one: Buy a hazmat suit.
11 posted on 09/26/2013 4:51:18 PM PDT by upchuck (nobamacare must be stopped before it can live down to our expectations.)
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To: Truthoverpower
Fluorescent Lamps contain and operate on exciting MERCURY VAPOR

There is nothing exciting about mercury vapor, particularly if it's loose in your house.

12 posted on 09/26/2013 4:52:52 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Truthoverpower

Our govt is killing us softly by degrees.


13 posted on 09/26/2013 4:52:57 PM PDT by Califreak (11/6/12 The Day America Divided By Zero)
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To: Truthoverpower

I’ve heard this info about a MILLIONS of times.


14 posted on 09/26/2013 4:53:32 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgus)
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To: Truthoverpower
THIS IS TO WARN ALL FREEPERS ABOUT THE DANGER OF CFLs

You waited a month after signing up just to make this your first post?

16 posted on 09/26/2013 4:59:10 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: Truthoverpower

This reads like it was written by a Chinese help desk person named “Ralph”. It’s crap.


17 posted on 09/26/2013 5:00:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Truthoverpower
I don't allow mercury light bulbs into my house.

they are really dangerous. Not worth the small electricity savings. They wil kill you.

20 posted on 09/26/2013 5:09:20 PM PDT by FatherofFive (MIslam is evil and must be eradicate)
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Mercury gas is much heavier than air and, it will thus remain near the ground level and will easily entrain itself into anything it touches , including carpets

Carpet munchers, beware!

23 posted on 09/26/2013 5:33:12 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Truthoverpower
Mercury is fun.

As a kid we used to get to poke it around on a flat surface when not holding it in our hands.

How did we ever survive?

(LEDs are getting to be pretty good).

25 posted on 09/26/2013 5:58:04 PM PDT by Paladin2 (h)
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To: Truthoverpower

Just wondering. Do the long tubes that homes and businesses have been using for decades (and which folks often enjoy smashing) have the same issues? Should we fear the tubes as well?


29 posted on 09/26/2013 6:59:34 PM PDT by oincobx
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To: Truthoverpower

I have a friend whose house caught fire from a CFL. The fire inspector told him CFLs are dangerous.


33 posted on 09/26/2013 7:58:11 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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