On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 11:30, Acer Victoria <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>re. swithing off lamps etc.
>I would suggest that you look into compact florescents, a la Philips
>EarthLights. Color (to the eye) is comparable to that od an incandescent
>(golden hue), but it's still florescent (pictures turn out green...).
Now we seemed to have come full circle. Doesn't florescent lights
use mercury vapor inside the tubes? You are damned if you do and
damned if you don't. In the name of saving electricity (and therefore
the environment), we are exposing some workers to mercury poisoning.
-Dan
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