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- Monday, October 13, 2008, 7:51
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European Union ministers meeting in Luxembourg have given final approval to the ban of incandescent light bulbs. Their replacements, CFLs, are supposed to last longer and use less energy than their now-banned counterparts and use less electricity. However, opponents say that CFLs take a while to warm up, they flicker, and there are environmental hazards associated with them as they contain mercury.
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A social and fiscal conservative, I scour the news for information that disputes the current man-made global warming indoctrination that takes place around the world. I take a rather sarcastic approach to reporting on the nonsense being spewed by the talking heads in the media and the governments around the world.
