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   malpot said, 5 months ago

   The CFL is all of a sudden not so friendly after all
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   itisme said, 5 months ago

   The CFL contains no more mercury than does a regular light bulb. More scare tactics from Luddites.
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   treesareus said, 5 months ago

   CFL bulbs do give me a horrible headache, as all florescent bulbs do. I’ve known of my problem with them for 60 years. But the problem has been discounted by the wacko environmentalists. It is impossible to find the truth about it on the web.
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   PICTO said, 5 months ago

   @treesareus

   “CFL bulbs do give me a horrible headache”
   Like all FLs, CFLs flicker. The rate of that flicker may be a trigger for migraine headaches in some people.
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   Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? ) said, 5 months ago

   @itisme

   According to the luddites at the EPA, incandescent light bulbs contain no mercury.
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   However, they do produce more mercury emissions over a lifetime because of the greater amount of electricity required to light them and the mercury emissions from the power plant @ 5.5mg vs 1.2mg for the CFL. Throw them in a landfill and the total for incandescent stays @5.5, but the CFL goes up .44mg to 1.64mg.
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   Francis Lapeyre said, 5 months ago

   @itisme

   Wrong – Incandescent bulbs have zero mercury in them.
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   jonesb said, 5 months ago

   @Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )

   That depends on what fuels the power plant.
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   DavidGBA said, 5 months ago

   phosphorus, too, and shards of glass!
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   finale said, 5 months ago

   CFL’s will be remembered as a failed transition from incandescent to LED.
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   I still have an 8 track recorder.
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    Jolly1995 said, 5 months ago

    It is already impossible to find 100 watt bulbs……and the cfls make it hard to read, not adequate light.
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    prfesser said, 5 months ago

    @finale

    I used to have an 8-track recorder. Then, six days later cassettes won the battle. Dam those cassettes! Then CDs became the rage, and I had to move my music collection for a fourth time. MP3s are killing me.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 5 months ago

    @itisme

    Oh rubbish. Pure rubbish.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 5 months ago

    @prfesser

    We bought a Panasonic 3DO game system. I think it was the last one in the country before they surrendered to Playstation.
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 5 months ago

    @Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )

    At least you don’t need to call in the HAZMAT team to clean up a broken incandescent.
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    chromosome said, 5 months ago

    He would be better off with a LED nose… and the shape would be easier to manage.
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