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Kiss your 100-watt lightbulb goodbye
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 1/1/11
| Tracy Seipel
Posted on 01/01/2011 6:48:26 PM PST by SmithL
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To: AGreatPer
Just about every high school currently has hundreds of fluorescent tubes in use and have had them for about 50 years. Most of them last 10 years each and recent ones have the same mercury content as CFLs.
Even the EPA does not suggest calling hazmat for breakage.
http://epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html
They say to leave the room, open windows to air it out, turn off air circulation systems to the room, cleanup the pieces, and dispose of them in a sealed container.
At worst the kid should get in trouble for broken glass on the floor.
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:45:13 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: FreedomGuru
There was a posting here not too long ago, someone in Germany who was going to sell the banned incandescent lights as electric hand warmers
Come to think of it, I wonder what parents of little girls are gonna do when they cannot buy light bulbs for Easy Bake ovens? Last time I checked, LED suck at cooking cakes. B-P
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:46:10 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
To: BunnySlippers; 1rudeboy
>
Those twisty bulbs [CFLs] are toxic. Just so you know...
ALL fluorescent bulbs contain a trace of toxic mercury. You know those long 40W bulbs in everybody's shop overhead lights? You know those circular 25W bulbs in most kitchen ceiling fixtures? And the ones overhead in nearly every factory?
They're ALL at least as toxic that the typical CFL (the "twisty" bulbs), because they typically contain more mercury than the smaller CFLs.
So here's a hint: We've been breaking and throwing the big fluorescent bulbs away for decades. To my knowledge nobody has ever died from the mercury unless they sat around and ate them (they didn't).
You're welcome to avoid CFLs, I don't care. But I thought you'd want to be aware that mercury is nothing new or specific to the CFLs. As far as I can tell, the reason for the concern these days is a) the freakin' EPA, and b) there will be a lot more of these CFLs around per capita, so that multiplies the total amount of mercury. That's all; nothing new.
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:49:58 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: BunnySlippers
BTW, the new bulbs are 5 or 6 times the cost, they are very short living ... and are super toxic when tossed in the trash.No need to exaggerate. What exactly makes them "super toxic?"
I assume that you're aware of the chemicals that have been used for over 100 years on trillions of "harmless" incandescent and fluorescent bulbs?
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:53:27 PM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: driftdiver
Smuggling isnt really an option. Theyll stop manufacturing most filament light bulbs in 2012.
I'm sure you'll still be able to get them at
www.alibaba.com. They will still be made most likely in Red China, but other nations would still make them like India, Poland, Pakistan, Malaysia and Jordan. Tell you the truth, I bet these nations are laughing their collective butts at us in the West for being stupid with this "green crap."
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:53:27 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
To: BunnySlippers
BTW, the new bulbs are 5 or 6 times the cost, they are very short living ... and are super toxic when tossed in the trash.No need to exaggerate. What exactly makes them "super toxic?"
I assume that you're aware of the chemicals that have been used for over 100 years on trillions of "harmless" incandescent and fluorescent bulbs?
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posted on
01/01/2011 8:53:33 PM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: Outlaw Woman
And yes, Ive noticed that they blow out quicker lately. Thought it wasn't just me and my wife's imagination, been using the step ladder a lot more frequently lately.
Not too surprised that they are now China crap also.
To: NonValueAdded
nah, Im thinking border-state car trunk entrepreneur. Oh, wait, Kalifornia has ag inspection stations, right? I guess they will extend the search to heat bulbs too.
Nah, just follow the illegals, you'll get across OK. Better yet, hire some of them for mules. B-P Seriously, I'm sure there are places you can cross from Mexico to the U.S. as well as Canada and the U.S. where no one will ever know. Dunno about Canada but you can go there most likely by going somewhere in the boonies and driving your car across, as simple as that. Or I'm sure you can go on Lake Erie in a boat, go to a shoreline in an out of the way place, hoof it to the nearest Canadian Tire or Zellers and get your bulbs, skulk on back to your boat and go back across.
Support Free Trade, smuggle... B-D
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:00:35 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:01:12 PM PST
by
upchuck
(When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
To: allmost
Mercury poisoning mother ,brother, sister, Hell eat you when you are dead? The entire Earth coated with mercury. I hate you bastards.Damned normal people!
Up to their ankles in mercury compounds, and they keep living longer and longer.
Makes it really hard for us dedicated militant neurotics to change things for the better.
Just saying...
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:05:55 PM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: SmithL
In days past, way past, we built 2 plywood boxes and lined them with tin (or aluminum) foil and nailed in a couple of old used oven racks. We installed a 60 watt bulb in each one and they were the perfect lunch heaters.
Frozen dinners were thawed and piping hot in 2 hours, and 30 minutes to heat a sandwich. We had the freedom to put our food in and rotate it around as needed while we worked. Some time after this someone invented a microwave oven that was cheap enough for the cheap enough place I worked at and the light bulb heaters became a thing of the past, along with two of the best millwrights in the world, Willy M. and Frank T. They both had the old pacemakers and couldn’t be around microwaves. Production fell off quickly and the company went broke from trying to operate on young stupid brains instead of Frank and Willy’s experience.
True story, somewhere in the seat of Chatam County, NC. Another disfunctional result of technological advances.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:06:01 PM PST
by
jstaff
To: BunnySlippers
I am going to hoard lightbulbs this year. Clearing our the spare bedroom.Move aside sweet Bunny. I'm going the elbow my way to those shelves and don't get in my way :)
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:17 PM PST
by
BAW
(Proud Tea Party Patriot.)
To: SmithL
I’ve two CFL neodymium bulbs and one incandescent neodymium bulb. The light output is roughly the same in my living room.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:18 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
I’ve two CFL neodymium bulbs and one incandescent neodymium bulb. The light output is roughly the same in my living room.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:22 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Publius6961
You accept whole scale planet wide mercury poisoning. I don’t.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:22 PM PST
by
allmost
To: SmithL
I’ve two CFL neodymium bulbs and one incandescent neodymium bulb. The light output is roughly the same in my living room.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:44 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
I’ve two CFL neodymium bulbs and one incandescent neodymium bulb. The light output is roughly the same in my living room.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:47 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
I’ve two CFL neodymium bulbs and one incandescent neodymium bulb. The light output is roughly the same in my living room.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:08:58 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
I am going to continue to sell them as personal heating devices. Over 90% of their energy is released as heat. the fact they also give off light is just coincidental.
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posted on
01/01/2011 9:11:06 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: goldstategop
Yes, but it seems to be doing something weird to your computer ;^)
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