It goes back to something I noticed at an early age, albeit not early enough: if you're a young kid just entering university and you want to wield any *real* power in the world, you should become an environmental scientist, not a politician or a lawyer or a CEO. There is essentially no burden of proof in that business, and the only tools you need are sound bites and guilty feelings. Only a televangelist has a cushier job, intellectually speaking.
If we applied their methodology to any other field of endeavor, our planes wouldn't fly, our bridges would collapse, and our computers would still require their own electrical substations. The trouble with RoHS, of course, is that it threatens exactly that kind of scenario, as we all discover just how important those cheap, non-exempt commodity devices are to everyday life. -- john, KE5FX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Harris Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:38 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: RoHS crap Especially when you consider the amount of lead that will enter the environment when a single automotive battery (which are not subject to RoHS, by the way) is improperly dumped. Then consider how much tin/lead soldered electronics would be needed to release the same amount of lead. -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts