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To: combjelly who wrote (331649)	4/3/2007 9:40:49 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572631

Wonderful, CJ. So if a CF bulb breaks, I'll get the equivalent mercury dosage of two years worth of coal plant emissions? That's what the graph tells me. Or at least one way to interpret it. Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (331649)	4/4/2007 6:20:28 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572631

That means a max. of 6 million grams or 6,000 kilograms, about 6.6 tons. Is that acceptable? Taro

To: combjelly who wrote (331649)	4/4/2007 11:30:37 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572631

"1 billion bulbs used and discarded, probably a vast overstatement" that's a low end estimate. when you whackos force everyone to use them in the US, what's that 100 million households, how many lights per house ? I probably have 50, plus I'll need more because those bulbs suck. So that's an easy 5 Billion ,not counting offices,stores and everywhere else so we are probably talking about 10 billion a year. A little mercury here a little there and sooner or later we have a mercury problem. I guess you'll blame it on Bush or Reagan.