Re: CFL database

[RickH <passport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 4, 8:20=A0am, "John J. Bengii" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> "rlsuse...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <NoSuchPer...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> in messagenews:477DB5C5.8010801@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> > 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. =A0I 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
>
> >> "rlsuse...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <NoSuchPer...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote in messagenews:477d8e7f$0$22646$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Lon wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>>> because it saved money in the long run. =A0I 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.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

We only want your "huddled masses yearning to be free", not the
garbage.  But then again I heard many US coal power plants are located
along the Canaian border where prevailing winds blow the mercury
north.