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Old 05-09-2008, 07:25 PM   #52 (permalink)
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You make some good points but, my point was that CFL's are not any better. And NO, they don't get recycled. It's a nice thought but you and I know better. Plus, there's enough Mercury in the Ocean to contaminate fish and you think there's no problem with Mercury in our landfills? Please!
I have an expensive lighting system designed to save energy and lighting using transformers (e.g flourescents) wont work with this type of dimming system.
Now on to my next point which was asking why we don't pour money in LED's (which are the only moral answer). And contrary to your "Economics" lesson, many retailers are dropping incandesant lighting (regardless of demand) because they feel it's an ecological choice. Costco now carries NO Incans. at all. There is still a high demand for them and I feel as though incans are smarter for environmental reasons and health reasons as well, because even though some CFL's claim they have the same type of light range as the Sun, they don't, won't and can't. LED's do.
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