🚀 go-pugleaf

hot frog wrote:
> "B J Foster" <bjfoster@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:47b8985a$0$13262$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>> hot frog wrote:
>>> Here is a simple, cost-free method most households can use to reduce
> their
>>> CO2 emissions, literally by tonnes.
>>>
>>> Step 1. Replace any incandescent light bulbs in your home, that are left
> on
>>> for several hours a night, with compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
>> Unfortunately they contain mercury and if you don't dispose of them as
>> 'hazardous waste' then we might all end up autistic.
>>
> http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=4485da62-050d-4d02-96e2-331e8a58e596
>> On the positive side you can save energy. Australia will run out of coal
>> supplies in about 500 years time, uranium in about 20,000 years and
>> solar power in 20 google years.
> 
> For the moment I am keeping my burnt-out CFLs until convenient collection
> points are set up. I only have three, despite using CFLs since last century.
> I'm sure it won't be long before supermarkets, hardwares etc. get on board.
> 
>>> Step 2. Use the money you save on electricity to purchase accredited
> green
>>> energy.
>> Why should I pay more for it?
> 
> It won't cost you a cent more if you use the method above, and you will
> significantly reduce the pollution from coal-fired power plants and promote
> the development of green energy.
> 

When those collection points that you spoke about are setup, they will 
need to be funded. Naturally, the government will have to impose a levy 
to fund them.

(yawn - seen it all before)