"Pete C." wrote in message
They contain very little mercury, and what little they do contain they
more than offset over their 7+ year life span with the mercury emissions
from coal power plants that they eliminate by using 1/4 of the power
your incandescents do.


That's kind of sweet that you are still naive enough to believe they
last 7+ years just because the package says so. They often burn out
after only a few hours; then you are stuck paying another $1 disposal
fee to throw away your $3 bulb because it has mercury in it.

I like the concept of compact fluorescents, but some of them are junk,
and you really can't tell the junk from the good ones by looking at the
label (or the brand name.)

Best regards,
Bob