Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Lower mercury CFL bulbs

Don't count CFLs out you scrappy LED upstart you!
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9916140-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

New CFLs have less than 1.5 milligrams of mercury (normal have 5mg). (There's a snide remark about tuna having more in here somewhere -- though I'm refraining since I don't have data for fish bulbs)


Though you have to worry when technology starts to integrate other gadgets (alarm clock/golf bag anyone?) so maybe CFL manufacturers are starting to worry since one is making a CFL that makes your room less smelly (sure to be sold at sharper image if it wasn't bankrupt)

http://gizmodo.com/379136/viatek-cfl-makes-your-rooms-brighter-less-smelly

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