Shining some light on the topic

Akiva at Mystical Paths (please read his post first) has focused a spotlight on "lighting" that spurred me to the following.

Thomas Jefferson once stated:

"If

people let the government decide

what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls who live under

tyranny."

Edison's Lightbulb

Well, here's a video extolling the benefits of CFL lighting: that the "Greenie" movement produced - and it is a bit convincing. The content of mercury In one lightbulb is rather innocuous, but in combination with all the other places one finds mercury, it is another piece in the toxicity puzzle that makes up our daily lives:

Now, just take a look and listen to this next video, but first here’s some info on mercury:

"Mercury can be found in new energy efficient light bulbs, Vaccines, Fish, High Fructose corn syrup, toxic or Toys R Us toys, not only Chinese, etc.

"Mercury is the most toxic element on earth, next only to highly radioactive Plutonium used in nuclear bombs. When I first learned about mercury in vaccines, I though this was just another conspiracy theory to dumb down population, I didn't think it was real at first. Who in the right state of mind would put mercury a very well known NEURO-TOXIN in vaccines and call it a medical miracle since 1937 and it still is being used. Let's see where else we could use mercury, oh yes, in your teeth, called the dental amalgam. That is right folks our doctors think that mercury is toxic everywhere except our own bodies.

"It is not debated whether mercury is toxic, and mercury compounds are thousand times more toxic than mercury alone. It is debated whether the amount of mercury used is high enough to cause any damage. Mercury is about 1000 times more toxic than lead, also mercury and lead have synergistic relationship.

"If 100 people are exposed to mercury and lead together in the amount that cause 1% fatalities when exposed separately, you will get 100% fatalities, a 100 fold increase in toxicity. Mercury and lead are 100,000% more toxic together than separate.

"The amount of Ethyl-Mercury used in vaccines is 25mcg or 0.000025 grams Ethyl-Mercury

"0.000000001 grams Poison IVY

Let's look at poison ivy, only 1 billionth of a gram is enough to cause a rash (that is outside of your body, just think what would happen if it was inside), so it takes 25,000 that is 25 thousand times less poison ivy to cause a reaction than we inject little children with mercury. Of course we're talking about allergic reactions, and doctors assume no one is allergic to Mercury or Mercury compounds or any other substance used in Vaccines.

"I'll say one thing no matter how much sand you throw into car's engine, any amount of it causes damage. Mercury is basically sand in your engine, it affects body on very basic level, inhibiting enzyme production, which are responsible for all bodily functions. Mercury toxicity can affect any and every organ especially nervous system and it can affect any function of your body. You can get weak, tired, digestive issues, etc etc.""

Back to the Lightbulb

Let's shed some light on Electricity and the Lightbulb

Thomas Edison's greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't "invent" the lightbulb, but rather he improved upon a 50-year-old idea. In 1879, using lower current electricity, a small carbonized filament, and an improved vacuum inside the globe, he was able to produce a reliable, long-lasting source of light. The idea of electric lighting was not new, and a number of people had worked on, and even developed forms of electric lighting. But up to that time, nothing had been developed that was remotely practical for home use. Edison's eventual achievement was inventing not just an incandescent electric light, but also an electric lighting system that contained all the elements necessary to make the incandescent light practical, safe, and economical. After one and a half years of work, success was achieved when an incandescent lamp with a filament of carbonized sewing thread burned for thirteen and a half hours.

There are a couple of other interesting things about the invention of the light bulb: While most of the attention was on the discovery of the right kind of filament that would work, Edison actually had to invent a total of seven system elements that were critical to the practical application of electric lights as an alternative to the gas lights that were prevalent in that day.

1809 - Humphry Davy, an English chemist, invented the first electric light. Davy connected two wires to a battery and attached a charcoal strip betwween the other ends of the wires. The charged carbon glowed making the first arc lamp.

1879 - Thomas Alva Edison invented a carbon filament that burned for forty hours. Edison placed his filament in an oxygenless bulb.

1906 - The General Electric Company were the first to patent a method of making tungsten filaments for use in incandesent lightbulbs. The filaments were costly.

1910 - William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented an improved method of making tungsten filaments. The tungsten filament outlasted all other types of filaments and Coolidge made the costs practical.

1991 - Philips invented a lightbulb that lasts 60,000 hours. The bulb uses magnetic induction.

A biographer of Edison once noted:

"His mother had accomplished that which all truly great teachers do for their pupils, she brought him to the stage of learning things for himself, learning that which most amused and interested him, and she encouraged him to go on in that path. It was the very best thing she could have done for this singular boy."

As Edison himself put it:

"My mother was the making of me. She understood me; she let me follow my bent."

Quotes:

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”

More light on the topic:

Edison

More about Thomas Edison and his inventions.

Timeline history of the incandescent lightbulb.