The Light Side of the Force

摘要

Oh, what fun it was.— To smash a four-foot fluorescent lamp and hear the burst of a small incendiary device. Like Star Wars light sabres for preteens they yielded so much power in their fragile shell. Of course we can't condone this kind of action now, but 25 years ago it seemed like harmless fun. So much has changed since those dark days before blue boxes and diversion rates. The world as a whole has a much greater awareness of the ultimate fate of its wastes. They diligently recycle their paper, plastics and batteries. But forgotten is the lowly fluorescent lamp.