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All the hoopla over incandecent bulbs...
"Pop`" wrote in message
news:YJjdi.414$lY5.284@trnddc07... dicko wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:23:10 GMT, "Noozer" wrote: I just had a thought... Pushing everyone over to CFLs from incandecent bulbs is supposed to save a lot of electricity, right? Well, how much power does it take to cook a roast for a family of five in your average electric oven? Bet we'd save a lot more money if we forced everyone over to microwave/convection systems. NewScientist magazine recently ran an article on how long the minerals in the Earth will last. It had this sentence in it "He estimates that Zinc cold be used up by 2037, Both indium and Hafnium - which is increasingly important in computer chips - could be gone by 2017, and Terbium - used to make the green phosphors in fluorescent lights could run out before 2012." So the way I read this is that with the current demand for Terbium, we stop making fluorescent lights in 5 years. With the increased demand from CFLs, its some time sooner. Is that right? In 5 years we'll be sitting in the dark and in 10 years we wont even be able to watch TV while sitting in the dark. I think I'm gonna make some large investments in the recycling industry. dickm That's OK; the world ends in 9 years, anyway. Oh no. Not again. |
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