Broken CFL Light Bulbs Testing you'll be shocked

[Joe Cocker]

Broken CFL Light Bulbs?

[danceswithdogs]

I refuse to use the damn things. They are too dim,take forever to "brighten" up enough to read by and are ugly to boot. I have several years supply of good old fashioned light bulbs of all sizes,shapes and wattages. The "gubmint" can kiss my ass.

[ferrous]

I use both incandescent and CFL's depending on what kind of light is needed.

Joe makes a good point on breaking one of the CFL's. Mercury has been released into the environment and a HazMat team trained in proper clean up is needed. For a homeowner to break one of these bulbs at home, they are not trained in proper clean up.

All fluorescent tubes and CFL's need to be stored in a safe place and disposed of, not in our garbage but Qualified recycling centers.

Check EPA rulings for more information...

[danceswithdogs]

Exactly why I won't use them. If one does break, I am far from any "haz mat" team, so I would have to just dump it in the trash. For EPA to demand that we all switch to those dangerous bulbs is pure stupidity. Not everyone lives within reach of a "haz mat" team or even a recycling center.

Again, they can kiss my ass!

[danceswithdogs]

Written by Ian Rutherford Plimer, Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne . He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of Geology.
QUESTION: Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?

Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!
If you've read his book you will agree, this is a good summary.

PLIMER: "Okay, here's the bombshell. The volcanic eruption in Iceland . Since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet - all of you.

Of course, you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress - it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life. I know.....it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kids "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50 cent light bulbs with $10.00 light bulbs.....well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes, FOUR DAYS - by that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any one time - EVERY DAY.

I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its years on earth.

Yes, folks, Mt Pinatubo was active for over One year - think about it.

Of course, I shouldn't spoil this 'touchy-feely tree-hugging' moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keeps happening despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.
And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud, but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years. And it happens every year.

Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you, on the basis of the bogus 'human-caused' climate-change scenario.
Hey, isn’t it interesting how they don’t mention 'Global Warming'
Anymore, but just 'Climate Change' - you know why?
It’s because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.

And, just keep in mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer.
It won’t stop any volcanoes from erupting, that’s for sure.
But, hey, relax......give the world a hug and have a nice day!"

[ferrous]

Yes, and another Mandate from Washington, and they could outlaw incandescents like lead Ammunition (How many other things) and make criminals out of all of us who disagree.

Welcome to life under Socialism... Stalin was quite Successful in eliminating his perceived enemies...

And we now have the Administrations very own private army?