Live Earth Pledge

[Epical]

I hate those things, when you hit the light switch they take a second to turn on and it drives me nuts

Holy shit I thought that was just me... I hate that too.

[Norelco]

MF Perm, you're a gigantic tool.

No way, MF Perm is in my top five posters list here. Leave him be. :D

[Royal]

Why does everything turn into a debate nowadays?

[6souls]

did anyone do the SOS text message service? I subscribed on a whim and canceled after the first message, "Bag the habit and always go with reusable bags. (advertisment)". Fucking dumb.

[Pyro]

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

[MF Perm]

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

And then if you read the comments on this biased blog you find:

BellaLinda said...

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp

The US government says that broken CFLs can be disposed of in a sealed plastic bag.

Even the Maine Department of Environmental Protection doesn't mandate the $2,000 cleanup this woman supposedly encountered, though they do want it recycled as "Universal Wastes"--the nearest to the woman in the story seems to be about 10 minutes away from her.

Methinks the lady got taken.

As for myself, I like them simply because the less often I have to change a lightbulb, the happier I am. We've a compact flourescent in our porch light that was here when we rented the place nearly a year ago & we haven't had to change it. We also have CFLs in our kitchen & living room that replaced burnt out incandescents.

But then, I am all for any sort of environmentalism that lets me be a little more lazy.

1:15 AM
Gewehr98 said...

Hate to be a wet blanket in the thread, but this one's blown completely out of proportion. I'm actually surprised LawDog didn't check things out before this particular rant, he's usually better than that.

Compact twisted fluorescent light bulbs contain all of about 5 milligrams of mercury. You'd be hard-pressed to even find the residual mercury from a broken CFL tube, let alone tell the responding hazmat folks where to start cleaning up. To get enough to make a puddle of mercury worthy of a hazmat call-out, you'd need on the order of 3 grams, as found in home manual thermostats, and up to 5 grams, as found in older mercury thermometers. It would require the opening of between 100-600 CFL units to garner that many milligrams of Hg.

I've switched over to CFL in my home, and reduced my electric bill by around $20.00/month. Nobody ordered me to do it, nor do I support enviro-weeny laws mandating it, but I do very much appreciate the savings from my actions. YMMV, of course.

4:24 AM
Paul Simer said...

As other posters have said, it's surprising that LawDog didn't check on the follow-ups to this story. Maybe it was written during the hype and before reason took hold.

There's more mercury in two or three of your average cans of tuna than one CFL bulb, and people INTENTIONALLY INGEST THE TUNA. Oh, the horror!

Seems to me that we right-wingers, in our disgust for the environmentalist agenda, latched onto this story as soon as it came out: "Ha! I knew that there had to be a drawback to those CFL bulbs! Never trusted 'em anyway, give me my old incandescents! Stick it in your eye, Greenpeace!"

And now those folks feel a little foolish. Well played. :-/

I like CFLs primarily for this reason: My living room has two desktop computers in it, one for my spouse and I each, and it gets WARM. Replacing our old bulbs with CFLs lowered the ambient temperature noticeably.

They're also cheap enough to run that I've placed one in the living room, dining room, and back patio, and they run 24/7/365. Keeps the place lit up at night for pennies.

The morale of the story? Take 30 extra seconds of research before writing or linking to a blog about some dumb cunt whining about stupid shit.

[Pyro]

You're being way too emotional about this.

[MF Perm]

You're being way too emotional about this.

If that's what makes you feel better for being called on some dumb shit, go ahead and call me a faggot and an e-thug while you're at it. It works for others.


Hey, maybe try not being a smartass without scrolling down half an inch and you won't get your feelings hurt next time.

[Pyro]

See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. You completely blew what I just said out of proportion.

Also, point out to me how I got my feelings hurt. Since you also so politely asked me to call you a faggot and an e-thug, I guess I'll go ahead and do that too. You're a faggot and an e-thug. Don't get upset now, you wanted me to do that. I think I'll go use an aerosol can and a lighter to ignite a tire and then put it out with some antifreeze.

[MF Perm]

See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. You completely blew what I just said out of proportion.

Also, point out to me how I got my feelings hurt. Since you also so politely asked me to call you a faggot and an e-thug, I guess I'll go ahead and do that too. You're a faggot and an e-thug. Don't get upset now, you wanted me to do that. I think I'll go use an aerosol can and a lighter to ignite a tire and then put it out with some antifreeze.

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[ozz]

the ozone layer isnt depleting lawl

[Demosthenes11]

You're being way too emotional about this.

If that's what makes you feel better for being called on some dumb shit, go ahead and call me a faggot and an e-thug while you're at it. It works for others.


Hey, maybe try not being a smartass without scrolling down half an inch and you won't get your feelings hurt next time.

No really...waaaaaay too emotional. Nobody even attacked you, but the second anyone else posts anything "GTFO YOU MORON CAN U NOT READ?!"
Breathe man, breathe

[MF Perm]

You're being way too emotional about this.

If that's what makes you feel better for being called on some dumb shit, go ahead and call me a faggot and an e-thug while you're at it. It works for others.


Hey, maybe try not being a smartass without scrolling down half an inch and you won't get your feelings hurt next time.

No really...waaaaaay too emotional. Nobody even attacked you, but the second anyone else posts anything "GTFO YOU MORON CAN U NOT READ?!"
Breathe man, breathe

Yeah, I typed in all caps and I called him a name in response. I didn't call the lady who wrote the blog a dumb cunt, I called him that.

The irony in your post is this big.

Dum-dum #1 up there tried to be clever and make a pretty point with his clicky, in response to a discussion about CFL. He thought he was making a point and I showed him the importance of comprehension and a little bit of research.

He got his feelings hurt and decided to do something original and unthought of in the history of internets arguments; go on offense and try to be insulting. He probably hoped that by getting into a bickering contest with me, no one would see his mistake. Oops!

So before you get all choked up and feel the pain spread from a number of posters armed with sneezing powder and rubber ducks, I suggest hiking back up that tiny hill of posts and read what transpired before setting up your own butthurt feelings and exaggerations for massive failure.

[Demosthenes11]

*insert sandy, leaky vagina here*

jesus christ dude, seriously

[MF Perm]

*insert sandy, leaky vagina here*

jesus christ dude, seriously

You're the one in here crying about me, lol. You don't need to use homeboys flop as an excuse to come at me. Grow some balls and tell us how you really feel, without the lame pretext.

[Volken]

GRRRRR IM SO WOUND UP NOW MF PERM

[Demosthenes11]

GRRRR, IM ANGRY

[BRP]

I keep my PC on 24/7 for FFXI and torrents. And I take 20 minute showers. I'm a bloody murderer.

[ertyu]

Global warming isn't real.



Seriously, I don't believe it.