In article , Kurt Ullman wrote:

The other thing is the mercury. While I admit that each one is small,
DOE says 55 millions light bulbs are sold PER day in the US. My
calculator doesn't go high enuff to figure out yearly. If all (or even a
hefty %age are CFL, and they get thrown out into landfills, why will
that not cause problems over the years.

Remember that the lifespan of a CFL bulb is measured in years instead of
months -- so the number of CFLs going into the landfills isn't going to be
anywhere near the number of incandescent bulbs.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.