[jeffc]

$40 or $50 for a bunch of mercury to be tossed away, leach into the water supply, and start poisoning people? How can liberals support this crap? Can they not think far enough ahead to see the potential damage from this? Why am I asking rhetorical questions?

[muawiyah]

LED LED LED LED LED LED LED LED ~ not CFL CFL CFL CFL CFL

[Red_Devil 232]

No mercury in the LEDs.

Saw a demo of the new LED lamp that replaces recessed bulbs in the ceiling on Fox News this morning. They are expensive but they are supposed to last 20-25 years or more. Use less electricity and produce much less heat.

[JohnG45]

$40 or $50 for a bunch of mercury to be tossed away, leach into the water supply, and start poisoning people? How can liberals support this crap?

It is unbelievable!

If you break one of those CFL's in your home, it literally requires a HAZMAT level cleanup to get rid of the mercury so that it doesn't affect you, your kids or pets. You can't even vacuum the broken bulb up since the vacuum's exhaust will introduce the mercury into the atmosphere in your home.

The passage of this law is an indication of the level of intelligence that exists in Washington DC. It is absolutely frightening.

As someone suggested earlier, I continue to stock up on incandescent bulbs every time I am in Home Depot.

[mad_as_he$$]

LEDs do not have mercury.

[Wuli]

“$40 or $50 for a bunch of mercury to be tossed away”

Without making a case, pro or con about the price, you have one thing wrong about LED bulbs. Unlike florescent bulbs, they do not contain mercury.

They are, also by the way, much more energy efficient (electricity conversion to light) than florescent bulbs and do so creating less heat than either florescent or incandescent bulbs.

However, with regard to the current price: Their price is high at this time, because this is the beginning of the technological and production changes to make them a “mass market” item. Give them time, their energy efficiency, not a political agenda is what will slowly grow their market over time, which will bring production levels up and prices down. Don’t worry, there will be enough 1st and 2nd-wave buyers to get that process started; there always are.

[null and void]

Can they not think far enough ahead to see the potential damage from this?

I was in the habit of pulling up beside idjits with Impeach Bush bumper stickers and complementing them. When they'd 'right on!' me I'd blandly say 'Yeah! I think Cheney'd make a fine president, too!' In response to their horrified look, I'd even more blandly say 'Well, if you impeach Bush, you get Cheney. Don't you liberals ever think through the consequences of any of your actions???'