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Originally Posted by GatorB
Chuck aligns himself with idiots like Glenn Beck who won't even use CFL bulbs even though THEY SAVE MONEY. I'd understand his anti-CFL stance if they were more expensive. They aren't. So you save money and you use LESS electricity. Now most powerplants are run using coal. So you use less coal and that in turn means more supplies of coal which drops the prices of coal which in turns drops the prices of ALL enegery sources including OIL.
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Shh soon people will say but CFL bulbs have mercury in them and require special disposal which will cost us more money and hurt the environment in the long run. Same people also fail to realize they have about 4 mg which would barely cover the very tip of a ball point pen. Anyone remember thermometers and how much they have, oh I digress. Even though they have tiny amounts of mercury and with each advancement the amount lowers people gloss over the fact that burning coal releases the most amount of mercury into the environment and CFL's require less energy and thus less coal burnt.