Re: CFL database

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ridiculous argument. One person's situation doesn't make a global
economy.

Most of these CFLs will go into your landfill sites. Since many of us
in Canada ship our daily garbage to the USA, it will become the
USanian's problem.


"rlsusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <NoSuchPerson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:477DB5C5.8010801@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Some of us have an Ikea only 10 miles away, and some of us manage to
> combine drop-off trips with other shopping that happens to be
> nearby...
>
> Anybody who drives 100 miles (or 10 miles, for that matter) just to
> recycle a light bulb is, well, a pretty dim bulb!
>
> And some of us have pretty high mpg, low emissions vehicles.  I burn
> less than two quarts of gas to make a 20 mile trip...
>
> John J. Bengii wrote:
>> We are worried about mercury in the environment but not the extra
>> gas, CO & CO2 to go 100 miles and back to dispose of every
>> CFL...LOL
>>
>> "rlsusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <NoSuchPerson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote in message news:477d8e7f$0$22646$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Lon wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> 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
>>> If you've got an Ikea store nearby, you already have such a thing.
>>> I noticed it around 6 months ago, and that's where I drop off my
>>> dead CFLs.
>>