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To: longnshort who wrote (331756)	4/4/2007 2:14:45 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572630

re: As Chinese manufacturers add enough manufacturing capacity to produce ten times as many CFLs , they will need several new coal-fired power plants to run the new factories. CF lasts 7 times as long as incandescent. Less manufacturing will be needed. Your boy that wrote the article is full of it.

To: longnshort who wrote (331756)	4/4/2007 2:34:00 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572630

"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.