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Old June 6th 10, 08:47 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default (OT) Why the end of the lightbulb is a dark day for us all

On Jun 6, 12:02*pm, dave wrote:
Denton wrote:

I'm with cuhulin on this one.


To believe those things are safe is a fool's denial.


It requires more pollution over time to operate the old school bulbs.
This includes mercury, radioactive trace elements from coal, and CO2.


Indeed - and instead of being in a compact, eminently manageable form
and amount, it is spread out en mass across the atmosphere and
landscape, affecting all the life on the planet, and unable to to be
controlled or avoided.

Oil pushers make the same goofy arguments about solar panels - too
many toxic elements in a panel. Same retort applies.