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Originally Posted by Wagner
 you know how toxic a CFL is? you know the level of Mercury in that bad boy? That is my point exactly, people rushing out to do things (BUY things) they are told are "good" as opposed to all those "bad" ones.
Funny how US home building standards don't go up to make sure every new home is energy efficient, but you can get credits out the butt to modify yours after purchase...yeah..that doesn't seem like a scam at all.
And recycling...JOKE. Plastics are fun to recycle...
When Recycling Is Bad for the Environment | Pollution | DISCOVER Magazine
I'm all for people not being huge pigs. I'm all for airports vehicles and mass-transit vehicles being hydrogen powered. (see LAX) But making sweeping policies to create bogus "credits" and "cap & trade" is nothing more than a money making scheme that the majority of morons have assumed is somehow beneficial to something, though they can't prove what 
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I went for these. Not as much mercury as others.
Wish there wasn't any used at all, but what are you gonna do?
Energy saving lightbulbs by EarthMate
I understand it takes energy, resources and chemicals to recycle, but I don't see how it can be bad overall.
I am just saying that I try to do my part. I could be much better, but there are many people doing less. I think that attitude it better than just saying there is no problem at all.
Edit; This was the third paragraph of the article you linked;
Recycling is generally far better than sending waste to landfills and relying on new raw materials to drive the consumer economy. It takes two-thirds less energy to make products from recycled plastic than from virgin plastic. By the last official measure in 2005, Americans recycle an estimated 32 percent of their total waste, which averages nearly a ton per person per year, around a third of which is plastic. Our recycling efforts save the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing 39.6 million cars from the road.
Sounds like recycling is awesome!