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Old 12-07-2012, 06:17 PM   #237 (permalink)
TheEnemy
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
No, there is no possible way coal can be clean. You burn coal, you create CO2. Inescapable fact of chemistry.

If you don't like CFLs or LEDs, wait a year or two for this Goodbye, fluorescent light bulbs: New lighting technology won't flicker, shatter or burn out
I expect they would still flicker with AC power like LEDs, but we will see.

I have been using CFL's for over 15 years, and dispite a general lack of recycling in my community I do get them recycled.