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Originally Posted by kazbates
Referring to Nazi's might have been over the top, but so was inferring that we are all delusional or are wearing blinders (the magic fairy reference) because we don't agree with your statements about CFL's.
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I wasn't inferring that, actually. I was inferring that taking
no action at all, because the solutions don't suit, is unwise. And I wasn't actually directing that at your statements, but the general attitude (incredibly common in the U.S. of A.) that "since the solution isn't perfect, it can't be any better than what I'm doing, so I'm not going to change anything."
I mean, I'm not saying CFLs are 100% safe, or that you shouldn't be concerned about the mercury inside. I'm just saying that, in the bigger picture, you've got much more dangerous and toxic things all around you than CFLs... that mercury issue is small potatoes compared to those others.
Your car is more of a threat to your life than a houseful of CFLs.
Here's something else to think about
: American businesspeople have been spending an average of 2000 hours a year around standard fluorescents (which have far more mercury in them than CFLs), where they have been handled... replaced... broken... shattered in order to fit into small trash containers... for the past 50 years. In that time, we have not seen an epidemic of mercury-poisoning deaths (we probably would have noticed). This is why I think
the concern about mercury in CFLs is simply being taken out of proportion. You're more likely to be accidentally electrocuted by your power strip, frankly.
And most importantly, CFLs will save
a lot of energy... well worth the extra care needed to handle them, in my opinion (and in my house).
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
 I sincerely apologize if I have in any way besmirched the good name of nazi's anywhere. (insert gag reflex here)
What else do you call those who monitor your personal information and trash? |
The same thing I call the people who keep my grocery purchases, DVD purchases, web site visitations, medical history, credit scores, suit size, bank history, employment history, passport records, cell phone records and MP3 purchases in their little triple-backed-up databases in mysterious foreign lands. (I just refer to 'em in general as
"Them," for expedience and to avoid the obvious political references.)
If "Them" actually thinks they can learn anything else about me by collecting my trash, too... girl,
they're welcome to it.