tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3050396795598960506..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I missed it. (But not much.)Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83579921639210026122007-07-08T01:22:00.000-04:002007-07-08T01:22:00.000-04:00We must all become carbon neutral ... Nuclear Powe...We must all become carbon neutral ... Nuclear Power Now!<BR/><BR/>A pebblebed Strontium-90 reactor can be made small enough to fit in an S.U.V. ... and should. You can also heat your home with the waste heat when you aren't driving it.<BR/><BR/>Hug your kids with nuclear arms ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54983335456295789372007-07-07T23:17:00.000-04:002007-07-07T23:17:00.000-04:00"Hope no one drops one of their Compact Fluorescen..."Hope no one drops one of their Compact Fluorescents and spills the mercury inside..."<BR/><BR/>The phosphor lining is fairly hazardous too, as there are usually several slightly radioactive compounds in it as well. These aren't the light elements that are low powered and typically inert (like your tritium powered night sights, which are a mildly radioactive isotope of Hydrogen), but the heavy metal types that shrink your 'nads and give you cancer.<BR/><BR/>The ballast can be an issue too, though they are supposed to be solid-state, with no PCB oils in them, but most of these units are built (shocker) in China, famous for adding ethylene glycol to your toothpaste! Who knows what's going into them?<BR/><BR/>Finally, it is indisputable that the garden variety CFL is far more an energy hog to produce in the first place.<BR/><BR/>I've been experimenting with some CFL lamps in my house, and my own observations are leading me to a couple of conclusions: The first is that the more expensive branded units are far better in terms of service life. Don't believe for a minute that the store-branded ones will last you 15 years or whatever their claims are. The best I've done with one in continual burn is about 3 years. The second is that with multi-bulb fixtures, the parallel arrangement of the loads tends to reek havoc on the ballasts of the second or third bulb from impedence drop. The short of it is, they burn out quickly.<BR/><BR/>Most importantly, CFL lamps SUCK at color rendering, making everything look sick or artificial. Can't wait 'til they go the way of the Dodo bird.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8133637752860992282007-07-07T13:13:00.000-04:002007-07-07T13:13:00.000-04:00I think I'll go crank up the Bronco and let it idl...I think I'll go crank up the Bronco and let it idle a while just because I can.7.62x54rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108413609715617943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69233546488200848562007-07-07T12:17:00.000-04:002007-07-07T12:17:00.000-04:00"Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward distrib..."Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward distributing power-efficient light bulbs..."<BR/>Hope no one drops one of their Compact Fluorescents and spills the mercury inside...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41987127930244242882007-07-07T11:03:00.000-04:002007-07-07T11:03:00.000-04:00Thank God they came along to save us. I'm going t...Thank God they came along to save us. I'm going to go kill some weeds. There's something about spraying poison on green plants that makes me feel cleaner today.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23343345624214849992007-07-07T10:40:00.000-04:002007-07-07T10:40:00.000-04:00"Is that not just pure comedy gold?"That's a big 1..."Is that not just pure comedy gold?"<BR/><BR/>That's a big 10-4.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they need to station one of the saviors of the world under my Magnolia tree- three baby birds were in the lawn this week. Nature is dying out there, man.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.com