[GreenYes] Re: mercury from fluorescents

["Doug Koplow" <koplow@no.address>]

I don't think John was saying that using CFLs is a bad thing, only that you need to pay attention to mercury.

If you consider the large increase in CFL market adoption since 2005, and that as bulb adoption rises the total Hg emissions associated with CFLs rises and the Hg from coal (assuming it is displaced) declines, CFLs become an increasing share of total domestic Hg emissions.  This is a likely outcome, and one that should be planned for now.  Longer-lived bulbs, lower Hg bulbs, and proper collection would all contribute to solving the problem.  I don't know enough about the trends in market share and product formulations to know if you could sufficiently deal with the Hg issue with no collection.


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>>> David Jaber <djaber@no.address> 05/10/07 7:52 PM >>>
And then the cost of what happens when you don't use fluorescents,  
and the coal use jacks up 30%?

Goes back to some of the systemic issues you raised recently, yes?

On May 10, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Reindl, John wrote:

> According to the mercury flow model done for EPA, the release of  
> mercury from fluorescents to the environment in 2005 in the US is  
> estimated at about 8.2 metric tons, down from 13.7 metric tons in  
> 2000.
>
> All the coal burning power plants in the US emit about 45 metric  
> tons of mercury to the air.
>
> So, fluorescents are not an insignificant source of mercury  
> emissions to the environment.
>
> Please let me know if you would like a copy of the model, which is  
> an Excel spreadsheet.
>
> John Reindl
> Dane County, WI
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> Subject: [GreenYes] Re: Ban the Bulb -- But don't create a new  
> toxic problem, say local governments
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> The ENERGY STAR program has pretty rigorous QA/QC in terms of lumen  
> maintenance and hours of use. If they don't perform, they don't get  
> certified. IF they don't get certified, Wal-Mart won't sell them.  
> Also, the EPACT set up certain hours of use requirmenets for CFL's  
> - I think it is 6000.
>
> Don't forget, as a source of anthropogenic Hg, this is a very small  
> one.
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David Jaber
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