I use CFLs and it's 40 outside and 64 in here.
And let someone else deal with the landfill later. I get it.
As I posted earlier, unless you are on nuclear, wind or solar energy, it's still less mercury used. I also have no doubt there could be an easy way to collect these as CFLs become more and more popular. Plus, with a normal house only throwing out bulbs once every 5 years (instead of 1 now), the amount of landfill will actual drop.
“unless you are on nuclear, wind or solar energy”
Or oil or natural gas. You only save Hg if you get your power from coal.
To be green, they should only allow as many ccfl’s as it takes to offset the Hg.
Then there is the issue of the ballast with the Gorebulbs- one Gorebulb weighs more than 5 incandescents and has an electronics board (I’m assuming ROHS compliance so there’s no lead).