Re: Dissecting CFLs

["D&SW" <d&sw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, actually the earth cleans itself remarkably well.  Pinatubo was second
to Krakatoa in size and probably pollution. The skies were clear of all
Pinatubo evidence in less than a month.

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >I was thinking of making a jig from a 2 by 4 scraps with two v's cut so
> that
>> >I could rotate the base of the bulb around against a 1/2" Dremel cutoff
>> >wheel at a fixed distance, sort of like a can opener.
>>
>> Are you insane? Cutting them open will void the warranty. ;-)
>>
>> AP has another coal story this morning.
>>
>>
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GLOBAL_WARMING_STATES?SITE=AP&SECTION
> =HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-02-12-45-20
>
> That article confirms something I've said before.  In a state like Idaho,
> where electricity comes from hydro, the CFL equation falls flat on its
> face.
> They add mercury to the environment without providing any "offset" at the
> stack because there IS no stack.
>
> More than that, the article makes it clear that the biggest gains are
> going
> to come from regulations limiting what coal plants can expel into the air.
> It's going to make power more expensive, at least in the short run, but
> the
> paybacks will be real and enormous.  That much is clear from the record of
> states that have taken the right steps.  Dribs and drabs won't clean the
> air
> and neither will the commercial sector because there's no profit in it.
> That's when governments are supposed to step up and do the right thing.
>
> There was an interesting sidebar, too:
>
> NASA Chief Not Worried About Climate
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NASA_CLIMATE_CHANGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=H
> OME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-05-31-20-30-15
>
> It makes the point that we're rather arrogant in assuming now that man
> rules
> the planet, all climate change must cease.  All it would take is another
> Krakatoa-sized eruption in the world to turn on some serious global air
> conditioning.  The soot from such eruptions typically blocks significant
> amounts of sunlight for years and years.
>
> --
> Bobby G.
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