Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

ericjhwilson@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On Apr 30, 4:35 pm, "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Dave Houston" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> news:463652fe.1689880921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > >FWIW, my N-vision CFL floodlight has begun to take a very long time to
>> warm
>> > >up and appears never able to reach its initial brightness level.  Too
>> bad,
>> > >because it looked like a real winner at first.  My wife wants it gone
>> from
>> > >the kitchen!  I concur.  Slow warmup is really, really annoying when you
>> > >want to look at something right away.
>>
>> > Take care when you remove it lest you drop and break it. ;)
>>
>> http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=aa7796...
>> -4c06-be84-b62dee548fda
>>
>> I'm beginning to think CFL's are the gypsy moths of the '00's.  Instead of
>> catching mercury spewing out of smokestacks like we should (along with
>> carbon) we're distributing toxic mercury all throughout the environment,
>> hoping it's all going to be properly recycled even thought we know Americans
>> aren't the best recyclers in the world.  It is pretty bizarre, when you stop
>> and think about it.  Perhaps the best we can hope for from CFL's is that
>> they will spur development of better alternatives that don't require
>> creating mercury vapor in fragile glass tubes in our homes.
>>
>> --
>> Bobby G.
>
>http://dafnwebpd.sylvania.com/idmweb/doccontent.dll?LibraryName=ecomcspd^dafnctpd&SystemType=2&LogonId=f7eecb462aecb681dcfbdc3351d22153&DocId=003694126&Page=1
>
>The mercury emitted by coal power plants to run an incandescent is 26
>mg over 5 years.  For a CFL this is 6 mg.  Add to that the max 5 mg of
>CFL in the bulb itself and you get 11 mg compared with 26 for the
>incandescent.  A mercury thermometer has between 500 and 1,000 mg.
>And the 5 mg of mercury in a CFL is contained, as opposed to the
>mercury emitted by coal power plants, which is breathed in or consumed
>when eating fish.   See the above link for what to do if a CFL breaks.
>
>So, as long as 80% of our electricity comes from coal, it's still
>better to use CFLs!

Many people have reported premature failures after a year or so. If you have
to replace the CFL annually, the 5 year score becomes CFL 31mg, Incandescent
26mg.