Posted on 07/08/2011 8:23:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Go dark. No CFLs. Candles first.
Boo environ--mentalists
Go dark. No CFLs. Candles first.
Boo environ--mentalists
RE: Smash CFLs on every street in America until congress gets it.
Who’s gonna clean up the toxic mercury after they get smashed?
This is going to sound funny but, it will end up being very costly. I got baby chicks again this summer. They need a warming lamp for 4-5 weeks. In the winter I usually keep one or two 100watt light bulbs in the coop for really frigid days just to keep the hens from getting frost bitten on their combs and wattles. I only have 22 chicks right now. But, farmers that raise chickens for meat and eggs can have 100’s of chickens and raise 100’s more baby chicks. So what in the sam hill are they suppose to do? Those curly light bulbs are useless and if they have to actually pay to keep the chicks warm until their adult feathers come in, it’s going to be way costlier than just using a heat lamp.
China makes these bulbs for us because Washington’s restrictions on manufacturing with mercury are so bad that you can’t make the bulbs here.
Due to the wisdom of Congress, mercury is so toxic that we are forced to import China’s mercury into our homes by law.
Good idea. Also buy up regular light bulbs. That’s what I’ve been doing.
Congress, of course.
Let Congress clean up the mess they create.
Why on earth doesn’t the GOP leadership in the House get with this and talk up the repeal of the ban on the incandescent bulb? I’ve never heard anyone in Congress mention this publicly, neither in last year’s campaign nor since.
Lay in a good supply of Edison light bulbs. That’s what I’ve done.
“Death By Liberalism” by J. R. Dunn expands this theme beyond light bulbs.
Ah yes, The Light That Failed, Ronald Coleman’s finest performance. Great story by Kipling and great directing by William Wellman. Throw in the delicate and fierce Ida Lupino and you’ve got a picture!
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=X56k-RVUbQI
Me too, buy two or three packages every month.
***Smash CFLs on every street in America until congress gets it.***
If 10,000 people rushed the capitol and hurled one cfl bulb each onto the steps, that would get their attention!
We have enough to last the next twenty years or so.
Congress has waited entirely too long to get this law revolked. Unfortunately the Repubs put the Republican CongressCritter who sponsored the original banning legisaltion as the committee chairman. He has been dragging his feet, while pouring out pious plattitudes of “we are researching the topic.”
That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out, how many we need for the next even 10 years or so.
NO large scale chicken operation uses incandescant lamps to "brood" baby chicks. They use "brooders", which are electrically heated at lower temperatures without the efficiency loss of emitting light.
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