Comments on: Damned if you do… http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/ African-American culture, news commentary, politics Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:13:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: MIB http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6282 MIB Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:52:16 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6282 The nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids is environmentally benign. They're not NiCads, which do pose a environmental risk with their disposal. As most U.S. electric energy comes from coal-powered plants, proportionally more Hg is emitted into the atmosphere to power an incandescent bulb than the new CFLs release should one of them break. That's in addition to inefficiency of incandescents. So... we need to be a little more diligent in the use of the new bulbs, for they may be safely recycled. What's scary to me is most of us have spent a lot of time under florescent lighting and I'm sure we've all been exposed to a broken florescent bulb or two. The HID bulbs that are popular with a lot of car owners also contain trace elements of mercury vapor. The nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids is environmentally benign. They’re not NiCads, which do pose a environmental risk with their disposal.

As most U.S. electric energy comes from coal-powered plants, proportionally more Hg is emitted into the atmosphere to power an incandescent bulb than the new CFLs release should one of them break. That’s in addition to inefficiency of incandescents. So… we need to be a little more diligent in the use of the new bulbs, for they may be safely recycled.

What’s scary to me is most of us have spent a lot of time under florescent lighting and I’m sure we’ve all been exposed to a broken florescent bulb or two. The HID bulbs that are popular with a lot of car owners also contain trace elements of mercury vapor.

]]> By: DarkStar http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6281 DarkStar Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:09:51 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6281 OH, and the batteries in the Hybrid cars are WORSE. The Green movement is nutz. OH, and the batteries in the Hybrid cars are WORSE. The Green movement is nutz.

]]> By: DarkStar http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6280 DarkStar Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:07:38 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2008/02/27/damned-if-you-do/#comment-6280 My lovely wife hit the ceiling when I told her about this. My lovely wife hit the ceiling when I told her about this.

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