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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Eric who wrote (23970)10/22/2010 8:52:47 PM
From: The Vet1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 86355
 
Eric, I assume that you have CFL's in order to "save the planet" but do you follow the letter of the law in regard to disposal of what is known to be toxic waste when the CFL dies, which in my experience they do far earlier than the manufacturers admit?

Or do you break the law and create a hazard for future generations by throwing them in the ordinary trash?

How far away is your nearest authorised toxic waste disposal facility?

Do they charge you to take this waste?

How much fossil fuel do you use taking the dead CFL to that facility?

How much fossil fuel does that collection facility use in actually disposing of the CFL and/or moving it to another facility that does?

When you add up all this additional energy on top of the actual energy used by the CFL and the energy to manufacture it, transport it from China, distribute it and for you to drive to a shop to buy it at a much higher cost than incandescents, just how much did you save?

Nothing in cash for sure and probably a negative energy balance as well.

Now add up all this wasted cash and energy just to buy and then dispose of each "energy saving" device, multiply by the number required for the whole country and then redo all those calculations and see what we will really save.

I know you won't answer this as it requires specific and direct answers rather than the generalised waffle that you feed into this board....
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