Nice to link this very useful information to a very useful thinker
like Schumacher.
This is a good reminder that simple numbers can be very inaccurate.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 15/03/2007, at 4:50 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Thus, if your electricity comes from coal, the CFB introduces less
> mercury into the environment that the incandescent bulb. Not to
> mention that the avoided mercury is distributed into the air, whereas
> CFBs can be sequestered from the waste stream through education and
> enforcement, much as batteries and computer monitors are.
>
> :::: Production from local resources for local needs is the most
> rational way of economic life. -- EF Schumacher ::::
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