Why 'green' lightbulbs aren't the answer to global warming
Concerned | 01.05.2007 11:37 | Ecology | Health | Technology | London
"In addition to this, lowenergy bulbs are much more complex to make than standard bulbs, requiring up to ten times as much energy to manufacture. Unlike standard bulbs, they use toxic materials, including mercury vapour, which the EU itself last year banned from landfill sites - which means that recycling the bulbs will itself create an enormously expensive problem. "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=441881&in_page_id=1770 and refering to a previous article published on Indy UK also:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368931.html
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Ahh, the Daily Mail, god bless you m'lud
01.05.2007 12:32
1. If everyone was using CFL bulbs then councils would soon make proper disposal available and the mercury etc could be reclaimed.
2."Do they actually look at the hard, practical facts before they rush to compete with each other in this mad musical-chairs of gesture politics?".... "not by our elected Parliament after full consultation and debate, but simply on the whim of 27 politicians sitting around that table in Brussels, not one of whom could have made an informed speech about the pluses and minuses of what they were proposing."
no further comment!
Silent Bob