tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post7092053771591436747..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Hurray for old bagsJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-47787195358820027232009-07-21T23:48:38.650+00:002009-07-21T23:48:38.650+00:00One important part of this is that these bulbs sho...One important part of this is that these bulbs should be lasting much, much longer and therefore wont be pumped into landfill at the same rate so therefore they should be doing *less* environmental damage - it's not that they don't do any because if you make something and then it consumes electricity it's 'harmful'.<br /><br />Having said that the quality at the moment varies and I think there's a an issue with some makes or types that look like they should do the job but actually expire much too quickly.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-1847277734261983072009-07-21T23:43:53.308+00:002009-07-21T23:43:53.308+00:00ops, should be:
because it seems to meops, should be:<br /><br />because it seems to meModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-61509750781355454262009-07-21T23:41:24.686+00:002009-07-21T23:41:24.686+00:00Thanks for that, but at what point would an accumu...Thanks for that, but at what point would an accumulative amount of mercury be considered dangerous ?<br /><br />I say that, because it seems to be that most people won't recycle their bulbs (Greens would, but) so if those millions of bulbs end up in land fills, even with small amounts of mercury, at what point does it become an issue?<br /><br />Just a thoughtModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-85327769216052378182009-07-21T19:36:52.961+00:002009-07-21T19:36:52.961+00:00Thanks B21Thanks B21Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-17645791820900101912009-07-21T14:33:08.130+00:002009-07-21T14:33:08.130+00:00Oh! It, Mercury, also used to be used in the whoop...Oh! It, Mercury, also used to be used in the whooping cough vaccine.Barkingside 21https://www.blogger.com/profile/05115211284179569480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-82139030290535201292009-07-21T14:30:42.438+00:002009-07-21T14:30:42.438+00:00Yes they do, but in minute quantities, less than t...Yes they do, but in minute quantities, less than they used to use in teeth fillings when I was a kid. <br />There are places to dispose of them though along with fluorescent tubes.Barkingside 21https://www.blogger.com/profile/05115211284179569480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-24457236965291132802009-07-21T00:25:31.570+00:002009-07-21T00:25:31.570+00:00I forget, can a Greenie correct me, but don't ...I forget, can a Greenie correct me, but don't many of the new energy saving light bulbs contain mercury?ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-30019687222077852992009-07-20T16:05:41.286+00:002009-07-20T16:05:41.286+00:00Some of it is the market (as it exists) but obviou...Some of it is the market (as it exists) but obviously I include community action, strikes, and all those millions of other ways people can take collective action.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-69516651209993700052009-07-20T14:32:29.658+00:002009-07-20T14:32:29.658+00:00If I didn't know you, Jim, I'd say that yo...If I didn't know you, Jim, I'd say that your model of "collective social action" has more than a resemblance to the "market"?weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.com