Re: What will you be replacing your CRT monitor with?

Igor wrote:

>> It's more akin to consumer brainwa****ng.  Here's a good read from
>> the EPA site.
>>
>> <http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/2006news/09-crt.htm>
>>
>
> I'm all for showing a healthy skepticism towards environmentalists and
> the government, but in this case, I really don't see what the problem
> is. It's just a set of guidelines for disposing of CRTs.

Try taking a CRT to the landfill.  Better yet, try taking a 40' ****pping
container of them for disposal and you'll see what brick wall you run
into.
It's easier and more economical ****pping them to China.

> In the last paragraph, they do encourage people to switch to LCDs, but
> it shouldn't be surprising that an agency like the EPA would want
> people to switch to a technology with lower power consumption and that
> (apparently) contains less hazardous materials than CRTs.

There's still mercury in the backlight.  This **** is so pervasive that
you
can't buy thermostats containing mercury switches in certain states.  It's
getting worse.






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