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Well, he did graduate from Harvard, so he must certainly know what he's talking about.

Heh, I guess this just goes to show that the old farmer from San Antonio was right. Really doesn't matter what level of education you have, doesn't excuse the level of ignorance and stupidity coming from this man's mouth.

IT IS VERY GOOD; church can be an opinion leader.
in Germany some churches have big roofs for solar

Or, you can take that bulb back to Home Dept. or Wal-Mart and let them recycle it for you when you go to buy another bulb Done. Isn't producer recycling great? Make the people that build it, and the people who buy it, pay for it. No need to raise taxes. No need to force anyone into anything. It's easy.

While one might think this is a waste of time, money and resources, so is a Bugatti Veyron. But both have been designed specifically to show that there is technology out there that can make it all possible.

These students might end up building or designing the car you buy when you retire and it will have the technology and ideas they started with all those years ago when people knocked it for being impractical.

While I agree, not practical, which gives it the perception of being a waste of everything. It's gotta start somewhere. Designing a greener car isn't going to just materialise. Sadly, resources will have to be thrown at it, wasted, if you will before you end up with something worthy of a greener moniker.

I'm sure Tesla Motor's first ever designed sucked too.

Is the world going mad! No it's just a politician looking for votes. Appeal to moms and it looks like there is a real issue here. Same as anti vacination rubbish if anyone starts a sentance with "as a mother......." you can bet that 90% of the follow up will have no scientific basis and will be causing people and the environment harm.

As a previous comment said - mining coal and buring it in our power stations is bad news. Low energy light bulbs are the cheapest and best way to cut down our energy use. In the UK energy companies give them away free

As to the question in the title "Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?", the bad news answer is yes. Yes they will. The good news is that since the eco-freaks won't be happy until human beings (who by nature will always pollute in some fashion or other) are eradicated from the planet, it won't matter if there are fireworks or not.

I am against mandating replacement of incandescent light bulbs with CFL's - though almost all of my condo is lit by florescent or LED"S - why?

1) I like the opportunity to use a regular light bulb if I want too - what if we have severe power problems (which with our ancient power grid system is likely) regular light bulbs may work well where CFL's might not work under such conditions - plus, regular light bulbs are available in heartier versions, for places where voltage, vibration, etc are a problem.

2) I am getting older - 47 soon - if I want a particular light bulb to read by, that is my choice - if I can read more comfortably with a particular bulb, that is much more important than saving money on just 1 light fixture.

3 In some fixtures I like particular florescent bulbs, which can be pricy - ten dollars or more. Instead of having an expensive fragile bulb around as back up, I like the ability to temporarily put a regular light bulb back in until I get a replacement.

4) It is very important with lighting the different moods be able to be established - for example, my chandelier in the dining room takes clear regular light bulbs - my stove takes 2 halogen bulbs that really make the foods and salads look appetizing - the overhead florescent does not do that.

Now keep in mind, almost all of my lighting is florescent - and as I replace fixtures, I try to see if I can get mroe efficient ones - replacing a 2 - tube kitchen light that draws about 100 watts with a circular LIghts Of America model that uses about 33 wattts - but that being said - I want the right to choose my own damn bulb - the government does very little well - they should not choose my light bulbs!

I again repeat my comment from previous posts about poorly designed objects that design students should have some real world practical experience before they are allowed to pass their courses. Anyone who understands anything about materials science, or indeed, anyone with any real practical common sense, would know that this chair is a ridiclous design, and not even remotely safe to use.

I believe that CFLs do reduce global mercury pollution, and that is important...BUT, maybe a house with a toddler or pregnant mom is NOT the right place to enforce high use of them. We should not fail to respect the danger potential for local, high concentrations of mercury (Hg) in closed living quarters over time. It is not only the global accumulation that can cause overt or subclinical neurological damage, but also likely by having a bedroom with one or more CFL's worth of Hg dispersed in it's carpet.

Perhaps in protected and break-proof or hard-to-reach sockets, they can still be used safely.

This is a beautiful quote by Mother Teresa that expresses the need to Do Good and Make Progress even when it's not appreciated. Love and Creat anyways.
" People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway".

-this version is credited to Mother Teresa

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