On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Paul wrote:
> > Even with fluorescents, supposedly the mercury in them is less than > the mercury released by the coal that might have been burned to make > the extra electricity for incandescent lights. > > But LED's are even better, unless their manufacture or disposal > involves something hazardous that I don't know about... Nope, the issue with LED's right now is their high cost. But they're rapidly finding a big niche in the industrial and public sectors. The vastly superior lifespan of LED's has lead to an almost wholesale acceptance of their use in things like Traffic Signals, for example. Closer to home, I've gone from early November to now with a single set of 3 AAA batteries in my bicycle headlight and it shows no sign of diminishing, versus the two weeks max I used to get out of the incandescent one. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
