Hi all,
I've been pretty quiet on this subject and now I think it's time to have my
soapbox session. Most likely I'm going to ruffle a few feathers.
Has anyone noticed the "who, where and why" of this whole thing? It is
(IMHO) all a financial enhancement to the tin industry, researched (The Tin
Institute), controlled (The London Metal Exchange or "LME") and benefiting
the tin producing countries (also owned/operated by ???).
Political science is the furthest from my expertise, but it seems to me by
making Pb the "bad guy" and eliminating 37% of it from the electronics
industry, it's going to increase the consumption of Sn by approximately 50%.
Without increasing the source of Sn (mines) and increasing the demand (us)
they (LME) raise the price. Money goes into someone's pocket, no? But it's
even more clever (or is it cleverer?) than that. keep the spotlight on the
lead, not the tin. PB free! Yippee!
I'd like you to consider as well the source of the Pb. I believe we took it
from the ground in the first place, no? Don't get me wrong, I like trees as
much as the next guy and ODC's are a manmade evil, but Pb? It was on this
planet long before humans were. Perhaps this answers the earlier post about
batteries and why no one is attacking that (80% ish) significant consumer.
It's not really about the environment, nor H&S. it's about money. Perhaps
Brian's dissertation below has identified a way out of this nightmare if we
all pull together. Comments?
(Someone please hand me my flack jacket now.)
Regards,
Ed Popielarski
QTA Machine
27291 Jardines
Mission Viejo, Ca 92692
Ph: 949-581-6601
WWW.QTA.NET
You see, wire <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26870.html> telegraph is
a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head
is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates
exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The
only difference is that there is no cat.
Albert Einstein <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Albert_Einstein/>
(1879 - 1955), when asked to describe radio
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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:30:52 +0300
From: Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lead-Free, Why?
By coincidence, I wrote an Internet Commentary for Soldering and Surface
Mount Technology Vol 17 No. 4 last week. This will be published on 30
September 2005, according to the schedule. This literally slams into the
implementation of the RoHS and WEEE Directives, using Mr Bumble's
quote as the sub-title: "If the law supposes that ... the law is a ass -
a idiot". Unfortunately, copyright and pre-publication non-disclosure
forbid me from reproducing it here, but you may be interested to read it
when that issue of SSMT slams into your in-tray with a resounding thump.
Pity the deadline to publication interval is 3 months!
That having been said, my opposition to the RoHS Directive is based
mainly on environmental grounds. Now, as I understand it, European law
states that any Directive that has an impact on the environment or H&S
must have a risk assessment conducted. This never happened with RoHS or
WEEE because "funding was not available". I therefore contend that there
is a possibility that these Directives may be null and void. It would
require a lot of legal eagles to study whether my contention is valid,
followed by a case before the European Court of Justice to have a
judgement whether the European Commission committed an illegal act by
not having a Risk Assessment, which would overturn the Directives.
Obviously this would be a costly action, a wee bit more than my
retirement pension affords me, but somebody here (or the IPC European
Representative) may wish to make a preliminary enquiry into the
potential validity of my contention. If he thinks he has a case and
applies to the ECJ for a judgement, he may be able to obtain an
immediate suspended injunction ("effet suspensif") delaying the entry
into force of the Directives until after the scheduled judgement. A bon
entendeur, salut!
Brian
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