Harvey Miller has suggested that the exemption in the proposed
European RoHS directive for "servers, network, communications equipment,
etc." is a breakthrough -that politics didn't permit "a complete reversal of
lead-free at this stage". I see it differently. I see the exemption as
nothing more than a tactic by ideologues to further their agenda - that
politics didn't permit a complete ban at this stage.

        As I have tried to warn in this forum, the environmental zealots
won't stop. Once they have achieved one goal, they will simply start after
the next one, which will be more restrictions on other people's freedoms. It
is more than just a "lead-free movement". I am glad that Harvey knows
intelligent environmentalists who have been convinced that the proposed
material bans are irrational. I also know that there are a lot of other
environmentalists who need something to keep them busy, to keep the public
scared, to keep the money flowing into their organizations, to maintain
their power and prestige.

        The best way that I can think of to counter their efforts is to
encourage people to look beyond arguing the details of their proposals on
their merits and examine their real agenda. They are not altruists - they
are deceivers. They really don't care whether what they are going after is
irrational or not - only what they can get enough other people to believe. I
wish that there were more intelligent environmentalists who could see and
acknowledge that.

Gordon Davy
Baltimore, MD
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