So we end up saving ‘CO2’, but putting mercury(a toxic heavy metal) into the environment (most people toss the CFLs into the trash instead of haz-waste disposal)[/quote]
It’s a bit like being forced to buy new “green” appliances that don’t last nearly as long as the older appliances. So, they need to mine for more raw materials, produce more appliances in “dirty” factories, and ship them halfway around the world on large cargo ships, then truck them around the country, and we have to do this at a faster/higher rate…so we can be more “green.”
