<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Doug--<div><br></div><div>Good point about the mercury, it's bad stuff.</div><div><br></div><div>If the electricity to power an incandescent bulb is generated by coal, as is the case most places in the country, that generation will emit much more mercury into the atmosphere from coal combustion than the amount of mercury in a comparably bright CFL bulb. And the CFL can be recycled to recover the mercury, while the scrubbers on older coal plants miss most of the mercury.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Oct 15, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Douglas E Lamb wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="986155323-15102013">Fluorescent lamps contain toxic elements besides
argon gas.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="986155323-15102013">They contain mercury and a couple other nasty
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="986155323-15102013">They save money in upfront cost and a boatload when
they need to be trashed.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Regards,</font></div>
<div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Doug Lamb</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Greenbuilding
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Reuben Deumling<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:43
PM<br><b>To:</b> David Wentling; Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Greenbuilding] linear fluorescent single tube 8ft fixture?<br></font><br></div>
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<div>Anyone have experience with linear LED lamps (T8
replacements)?<br><br></div>It seems to me that notwithstanding the energy
saving hype the lumens per watt is *also* about 100, like for the good
fluorescent T8s. Am I missing something?<br><br><a href="http://www.ledliquidatorsinc.com/led_fluorescent_lights.php?gclid=COekh967mboCFSVBQgodSgoA4Q#T8DROPIN" target="_blank">http://www.ledliquidatorsinc.com/led_fluorescent_lights.php?gclid=COekh967mboCFSVBQgodSgoA4Q#T8DROPIN</a><br></div></div>
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