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Old 07-31-2009, 12:00 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Crompsin View Post
Not you, per se... but the environment.

They have a ton of mercury in them, I think.
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partner...et_Mercury.pdf

Even if dumped in a landfill, by virtue of lower power consumption a CFL will keep approximately 4mg of mercury out of the air that would be released by burning the coal to cover the extra 47w an incandescent bulb would require for the same light output. Ikea will take your old CFLs and recycle them for free, meaning zero mercury released.
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