OK, maybe this isn't LEM, but why the opposition to CFs. Surely not for the minuscule mercury content? Which is amalgamated with a dusting of flowers of sulfur (normal drugstore stuff in the medicine cabinet). Incandescents are outlawed for future sales in Calif and likely will be elsewhere. Emeritusitis?
It's changes in the energy usage of computers that's puzzling us at the moment since some of our local energy engineers have become adamantly opposed to our desktops in future planning. But we find the desktops to be vitally important to our plans to be DIY maintainers as much as possible. So desktops vs laptops is an LEM issue that's tied to the CF-trends. MJ > From: Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:19:53 -0500 > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Putting it to Sleep > > > At 10:53 PM -0400 1/27/2009, MJ wrote: >> Who uses 100w lightbulbs any more? > > I do. > > And if anyone touches 'em, puts those @#$% CF bulbs in my lamps, > there will be liver ripping. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
