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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/04/16/political_crusaders

The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming.

Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of what they are advocating, it is especially important that the rest of us do so before we get swept along by rhetoric and emotions.

With the CFL light bulb, the initial cost -- several times that of a regular light bulb -- is only the financial cost. A bigger problem is what to do if a CFL light bulb breaks.

You are supposed to shut off all air conditioners or heaters, to keep them from circulating mercury vapor from the broken CFL. You are supposed to open windows and doors to air out the place.

Pregnant women and small children are supposed to leave the area while the mess is being cleaned up by someone else, wearing a dust mask and gloves.

What if there is only a pregnant woman present, with or without small children? And what if there is no dust mask around?

CFL light bulbs are only the latest in a long line of "solutions" that can turn out to be worse than the problem it is supposed to solve. But the crusaders will keep selling their solutions as long as we keep buying them.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/04/16/political_crusaders

The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming.

Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of e. But the crusaders will keep selling their solutions as long as we keep buying them.

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Just a copy paste?

Oh well. I was going to actually be interested, but I don't do copy-pastes. You're making our state look bad, man!

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evil global warming alarmists spreading toxic mercury throughout the land. 😠

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/04/16/political_crusaders

The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming.

Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of ...[text shortened]... e. But the crusaders will keep selling their solutions as long as we keep buying them.

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You must be living in the 80's or something.
CFL went out of fashion along with Thatcher, Ayn Rand and the Rolling Stones.

LED is in and is the future.

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If used and disposed of properly, then CFLs are easily better.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/home_journal_news/4217864.html

In 2006, coal-fired power plants produced 1,971 billion kilowatt hours (kwh) of electricity, emitting 50.7 tons of mercury into the air—the equivalent amount of mercury contained in more than 9 billion CFLs (the bulbs emit zero mercury when in use or being handled).

"We can't use these bulbs, they might break"
I thought liberals were supposed to be the notorious ones for coming up with that.
LEDs are the future either way.

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What's wrong with candles?
no need for electricity, no mercury content

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/04/16/political_crusaders

The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming.

Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of ...[text shortened]... e. But the crusaders will keep selling their solutions as long as we keep buying them.

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the advantages far away and away outweigh the disadvantages. period.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
evil global warming alarmists spreading toxic mercury throughout the land. 😠
why are people who speak the truth called "alarmists"???



Guess that makes the weather channel guy a sun "alarmist" when he says it's going to be sunny tomorrow?



Please recognize the labels you give to people say more about yourself than it does about them.🙄

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Originally posted by uzless
Please recognize the labels you give to people say more about yourself than it does about them.🙄
Hmmm, never thought of it like that.... I'm stealing that one 😛

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/04/16/political_crusaders

The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming.

Since crusaders seldom stop to weigh the cost of ...[text shortened]... e. But the crusaders will keep selling their solutions as long as we keep buying them.

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Also, since they contain Mercury, you shouldn't bury them in a landfill since the toxic chemicals could get into the groundwater,

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Also, since they contain Mercury, you shouldn't bury them in a landfill since the toxic chemicals could get into the groundwater,
mercury gets bound up in the soil in a landfill.


Dont' believe the hype

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Originally posted by uzless
mercury gets bound up in the soil in a landfill.


Dont' believe the hype
Mercury is a poisonous substance. So the next time I drop and break one of these new light bulbs, and the Mercury is running around the floor like a fly in a bottle, and the baby steps in it and the cat licks it up and the dog starts playing with it, should I just scoop it up and put it in the garbage can or should I call a Haz-Mat team to come by and pick it up?

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Originally posted by uzless
mercury gets bound up in the soil in a landfill.


Dont' believe the hype
"Don't believe the hype!" That's my ethos regarding "global warming."

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Mercury is a poisonous substance. So the next time I drop and break one of these new light bulbs, and the Mercury is running around the floor like a fly in a bottle, and the baby steps in it and the cat licks it up and the dog starts playing with it, should I just scoop it up and put it in the garbage can or should I call a Haz-Mat team to come by and pick it up?
What, all 6mg of it?

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
"Don't believe the hype!" That's my ethos regarding "global warming."
Trouble is you're believing in the denial hype.