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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: longnshort who wrote (331756)4/4/2007 2:34:00 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1572369
 
"If all 4 billion incandescent sockets were filled with CFLs we'd have 20 billion milligrams of mercury spread around every single US household. By the way, 20 billion milligrams is nearly 50,000 pounds."

That is a big 'if' for the moment.

And 20 billion milligrams is about 44,000 pounds. Rather stretching the definition of "nearly". It is a lot, but the reduction in electricity used, which about half is generated by coal-powered plants in the US, counter-balances it. And the mercury in a CF bulb doesn't necessarily go into the air unless the bulb gets incinerated.

A decent recycling program, say in the form of a 50 cent deposit on the bulbs, would go a long way to making sure that only a few bulbs make it into general trash.

"Knock over a table lamp and shatter a CFL in your house, and you have a toxic waste situation on your hands right in the living room, bedroom or dining room."

Now he is getting hysterical.
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