[sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY

[Rainer Buchty]

> Typical of the environmentalist nit wits...they'll give us stuff to work with
> that will take 10 years off our life in aggrivation factor in the name of
> "helping us not hurt ourselves".  Morons :-).  

Problem is that the no-lead-in-solder law just doesn't make sense. There 
was a reason why a certain amount of lead was added, because it was 
useful. It prevented tin whisker growth (which is an even bigger problem 
today with smaller footprints), it made the solder spots more durable 
etc.

Besides, it's not like the lead in there would slowly creep out and harm 
people like e.g. polychlorated biphenyls and the likes. So, from my 
point of view, it's indeed a law made by environmentalist nit wits which 
in the end will probably lead to *more* electronic waste resulting in a 
bigger impact on environment than just leaving the lead in there.

Another thing which IIRC will be ruled out are NiCd accumulators. They 
will become generally banned and replaced by NiMH -- only certain 
high-power applications such as accu-powered power-drills will be 
allowed to still have NiCd accus.

> Yup time to stockpile.

That might help the hobbyist, but not the one who wants to do business.

Apart from lead-free the business must also ensure proper recycling. 
This is especially fun in Germany, where they didn't want to go for a 
generall add-on fee per sold item and some meta-company which just gets 
that fee and cares about recycling...

Small businesses will have plenty of fun with those new laws.

Rainer