Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #15 on: December 03, 2009, 03:58:33 AM » Author: DaveMan
Quote from: tpirman1982 on December 02, 2009, 08:49:50 PM A petition has been issued. I encourage all of you to sign it: http://www.petitiononline.com/20016323/petition.html Save our Mercury Vapor lighting! I saw this petition and signed it and I think it is a good start, but one problem. The petition cited zero scientific articles and had a few spelling errors which doesn't exactly prove our case. I don't think this by itself will be very convincing to the government. For it to be effective, it would have to cite some sources and maybe be a bit more well written, but it's a good start. Brian and myself are also working on one, but hey, you can sign both of them. It won't cause any harm either way.
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #16 on: December 06, 2009, 09:52:29 PM » Author: DaveMan
And the new petition is completed. Feel free to add your input or comment on it here as well and spread the word! Thanks and enjoy your week! Dave.
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #17 on: December 06, 2009, 10:32:21 PM » Author: FGS
Well written! I voted.
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #18 on: December 06, 2009, 10:37:16 PM » Author: DaveMan
Cool glad to hear it
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #19 on: December 06, 2009, 11:07:56 PM » Author: Patrick
Do you all think city governments and utility companies would generally support or oppose a ban?  In some parts of the country, new mercury vapor fixtures were being installed right up until the ballast ban.  I can't imagine they'd be happy to find out they'll need to allocate funds to replace them early.  Obviously many areas are moving away from MV, but I'm sure they'd prefer to do it on their own schedule.
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #20 on: December 07, 2009, 04:53:04 AM » Author: bluelights
where can I find the petition?
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #21 on: December 07, 2009, 11:13:43 AM » Author: tpirman1982
http://www.petitiononline.com/20016323/petition.html Quote from: bluelight on December 07, 2009, 04:53:04 AM where can I find the petition?
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #22 on: December 07, 2009, 11:33:36 AM » Author: bluelights
tpirman1982, I already signed that petition, I just thought there is a new one by DaveMan...
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #23 on: December 07, 2009, 12:03:35 PM » Author: DaveMan
Quote from: bluelight on December 07, 2009, 11:33:36 AM tpirman1982, I already signed that petition, I just thought there is a new one by DaveMan... There is. I had to temporarily take the link off. When I can, I will put it back up. In the meantime. I will PM you the link.
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #25 on: December 07, 2009, 09:28:32 PM » Author: tmcdllr
I will sign anything that will protect MV from these idiots. woohoo I am #25!
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Nothing like the beautiful cool white light of a coated Mercury Vapor lamp and the soothing hum of it's magnetic ballast.

	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #26 on: December 09, 2009, 09:56:08 AM » Author: DaveMan
I think I've got the green light to re post this so here we go! Again, feel free to let me know what you think. http://www.petitiononline.com/16mercvp/petition.html That's the link. What else could help? Maybe I could do a youtube video about this. Maybe even write and perform a short mercury vapor song. Any and all thoughts are welcome. Enjoy your week and happy holidays!
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #27 on: December 10, 2009, 04:04:57 PM » Author: bluelights
I just read on Wikipedia that mercury vapor lamps will be banned in the EU in 2015
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	Re: MV ban part 2 « Reply #29 on: December 10, 2009, 04:33:39 PM » Author: bluelights
I don't know if EU petition exists, we need one too. I don't know anything about the petition process, I could help in writing one, but we would need someone who organizes it.
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