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To: patton

Lightbulbs fail when the gas leaks out, and oxygen reaches the filament.

Umm... That would be a problem of gas (oxygen) leaking in, no?

Traditional light bulbs have a vacuum inside, not a gas.

14 posted on 10/18/2010 7:49:27 PM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)

To: TChris

I think they are filled with argon.

17 posted on 10/18/2010 7:54:38 PM PDT by alpo

To: TChris

“Traditional light bulbs have a vacuum inside, not a gas.”

Really?

You believe that?

18 posted on 10/18/2010 7:54:57 PM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")

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