Re: X-10 friendly switchmode PS

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> >You'll be happy to know that the EPA's new rules that old powerplants can
> >evade clean air regs by declaring new plants "upgrades" has been struck
down
> >by the courts.

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> That ruling was made in a lower court with a majority of Clinton
> appointeees. I expect it to be overturned by a higher court.

Work with me here, Dave, I am trying to give you a least a little sliver of
hope that your kids and grandkids won't be living in an underground vault
buying clean air at prices higher than today's natural gas prices!  <smile>

I'm hopeful that even judges don't want to die of environmental diseases and
might show some sanity regardless of who appointed them.  Supreme Court
justices have had a notorious way of turning on those who appointed them.

But I have to admit that lots of bright, young kids that I deal with don't
really have a clue about the magnitude of the problems facing them.  Most
are shocked when they learn the PC's they have so assiduously recyled end up
in the third world where poor people melt components off the boards down by
the local riverside while inhaling toxic fumes.

For me, recycling also means squeezing the life out of a product, and for
the reasons you've outlined - it costs money to make and to unmake products.
The longer useful lives products have, the less cost to the environment.  I
drive a 16 year old fuel-efficient car and live in a 60 year old house
although I could easily choose to do otherwise.  For me, something's not
ready for the junkheap as long as I can keep it going.

--
Bobby G.

Quote of the moment:
Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed...