[GreenYes] Australia bans incandescents; / Mercury in fluorescents

["Marjorie J. Clarke, Ph.D." <mclarke@no.address>]

<http://www.aircycle.com/articles/australia/?ilbcode=455/?ilbcode=455>Australia 
to Change Lightbulbs to Curb Warming 
<http://www.aircycle.com/articles/australia/?ilbcode=455/?ilbcode=455>
CFL








<http://www.enn.com/greenb.html?id=1317>Reuters

CANBERRA -- Australia will be the world's first 
country to ban incandescent lightbulbs in a bid 
to curb Greenhouse gas emissions, with the 
government saying on Tuesday they would be phased 
out within three years. Environment Minister 
Malcolm Turnbull said yellow incandescent bulbs, 
which have been in use virtually unchanged for 
125 years, would be replaced by more efficient 
compact fluorescent bulbs by 2009.

"By that stage you simply won't be able to buy 
incandescent lightbulbs, because they won't meet 
the energy standard," Turnbull told local radio.

Turnbull said the banning of incandescent bulbs 
would help trim 800,000 tonnes from Australia's 
current emissions level by 2012 and lower 
household lighting costs by 66 per cent.

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<http://www.aircycle.com/articles/cflyahoo/?ilbcode=456>Mercury 
in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists





<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/sc_nm/lightbulbs_dc>Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There's an old joke about 
the number of people it takes to change a light 
bulb. But because the newer energy-efficient 
kinds contain tiny amounts of mercury, the hard 
part is getting rid of them when they burn out.

Mercury is poisonous, but it's also a necessary 
part of most compact fluorescent bulbs, the kind 
that environmentalists and some governments are 
pushing as a way to cut energy use.

With an estimated 150 million CFLs sold in the 
United States in 2006 and with Wal-Mart alone 
hoping to sell 100 million this year, some 
scientists and environmentalists are worried that 
most are ending up in garbage dumps.

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Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.
www.MaggieClarkeEnvironmental.com

Environmental Scientist, Educator, Photographer
www.MaggieClarke.com
mclarke@no.address
New York City  



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