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As a general philosophy, don't ban it, regulate the use of it. What if trace amount of mercury are needed for the next world changing technology? By precluding
by weebull 3y ago
As a general philosophy, don't ban it, regulate the use of it. What if trace amount of mercury are needed for the next world changing technology? By precluding reasonable access you're ensuring that will be invented somewhere else.
..and yes, I realise "bans" are colloquisms for heavy regulation I tend to think of a ban as lazy regulation that only specifies the few small exceptions as opposed to detailed regulation that defines the areas where care needs to be exercised.
- frereubu 3y ago> What if trace amount of mercury are needed for the next world changing technology? Then they will legislate again. Laws aren't written in stone. (And even if they were, you can always get another stone).
- Anotheroneagain 3y ago[flagged]
- __m 3y agoThere is no ban on using mercury in research or products that don’t have alternatives.
- perihelions 3y ago- "What if trace amount of mercury are needed for the next world changing technology?" HgCdTe is a critical semiconductor for long-wavelength infrared detectors, and has no equivalent substitute [0]. It'd be in character for the EU to decide to offshore production of essential military hardware—for health and safety. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_cadmium_telluride#Infrared_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_cadmium_telluride#Infr...