Hi Bev,

I was not looking for a crystal ball response, nor was I truly expecting a
response through the forum (I meant to respond to Fern privately and
unfortunately hit send before rechecking the address as is my normal practice) However,
with the question in the open, I must now say that I was really looking for a
ray of hope that logic and reason were beginning to enter into the equation.
Fern offered that the courts were likely going to get to adjudicate the matter
and I am simply in support and with such information would like to help and
encourage those who might be pursuing such a course.

I am sure you will recall, that a number of folks have suggested over the
last couple of years that some more enlightened and more reasonable companies
were likely to look to the WTO for relief based on the fact that they will be
legislated into providing more costly, less environmentally friendly and perhaps
less reliable electronics (the expert jury is still out on this one it
appears) because of the removal of lead form solders mandated by the EU legislation.

I need not remind you, because you well know, that the follow on requirement
to recycle electronics after forcing conversion to lead-free makes the entire
effort to remove lead from electronic solder pointless from an as yet
undemonstrated toxic risk perspective.

Ultimately everything is pretty much a binary proposition, it either happens
or it doesn't but the application of logic and reason should be able to help
determine which way the switch is thrown. ;-)

Best regards,
Joe

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