Comments on: Light Bulbs and Mercury Part 2 http://wattsupwiththat.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/ The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Keech http://wattsupwiththat.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-2582 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:10:56 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-2582 LEDs are certainly better than CFLs. I’ve been using CFL’s for a few years now and have never had one last even half its claimed lifespan. Furthermore I’ve had three begin smoking as I watched them. I can’t say for certain that they would’ve erupted into flames if I hadn’t been home at the time but I wouldn’t like to take that chance. I suppose I’ve been ecologically irresponsible as far as what I’ve done with the ones that got too dim to use, burned out early, started smoking (the kind that’s REALLY hazardous to your health), and the few I’ve broken over the years. Hopefully the liberal cry of privacy rights will somehow protect us from government agencies digging through our trash to ensure compliance. Nah, that only refers to the privacy of like-thinkers.
the real question looms, though. What’s wrong with old-fashioned incandesants? Oh yeah, the rising energy cost that directly results from the EPA and their ilk messing about with free-enterprise. Otherwise it’s still the best light, and better for the environment than any competition (the electronics manufacturing industry that spits out LED’s is famed for its use of exotic toxins.)

]]> By: Larry http://wattsupwiththat.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-321 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:03:01 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-321 Hi Anthony, that Engadget article that you linked to here (near the end of your post) … the GE announcement is about a new type of incandescent bulb; your link is titled LED, sorry to split hairs.
A couple of web links (that are working at this time), relevant to the GE announcement –
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/ge/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070223005120
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/226737.html
Thanks; Larry in San Jose

]]> By: Tina http://wattsupwiththat.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-320 Thu, 03 May 2007 02:36:34 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/light-bulbs-and-mercury-part-2/#comment-320 I don’t want to put my family in the position of breaking a law for accidental disposal in regular household trash

That’s getting harder and harder to avoid, isn’t it?

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