On 1/20/2011 1:47 PM HeyBub spake thus:

DGDevin wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message
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And why is the lamestream media ignoring the mercury content of
the fluorescents?

I've seen discussion of that issue in the news media, repeatedly.
It is also kind of hard to miss when our local hardware store
collects CFLs for proper disposal along with dead batteries.
Anyone who hasn't seen this issue discussed in the news media is
perhaps making an effort to see only what they want to see.

And avoiding the histrionics of those screech about mercury with the
preamble "Thy Doom is Nigh!"

I don't begrudge the nay-sayers; such crusades give their otherwise
meaningless lives a purpose. I just wish they'd dial back the decibel level
and quit pestering normal folk.

Since you're so obviously of the "don't worry about that stuff--it won't
hurt you! It's just a bunch of namby-pamby enviros agitatin' folks!"
persuasion, why do you even bother to argue that CFL usage is good
because it reduces overall mercury emission by reducing coal burning?
Why would you even care about this? By your lights, we might just as
well go on using inefficient incandescents.


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To me, the *plonk...* reminds me of the old man at the public hearing
who stands to make his point, then removes his hearing aid as a sign
that he is not going to hear any rebuttals.