Re: CFL database

["Lon" <Lonnie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"AZ Woody" <reply@here> wrote in message
news:477c4f28$0$10305$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Lon wrote:
>
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>> Yes CFLs generate more light per watt, but have mercury issues.
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>
> Why are only CFLs connected with mercury in this discussion?  The good old
> 4' tubes have the same "issues" with mercury, and have been around for
> decades!

By that I meant that incandecents do not contain mercury and CFLs do.  The
4ft tubes also have mercury in them, in varying amounts IIRC.  The green
guys worry that with a huge influx of dead CFLs over current quantities,
that there could be mercury concerns.  I am not sure if that is valid or not
and I don't have any really hard feelings in the matter.  I went to CFLs
because it saved money in the long run.  I fully expect to see drop off bins
for CFLs like they have for NiCad batteries, in the near future




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