Quote Originally Posted by Panomaniac View Post
But ride around your town at night. How much wasted lighting power do you see? Megawatts, I'm sure. All sorts of things lit up that simple don't need to be. That's what burns me. All the blah, blah, blah about saving energy and no restrictions on blatant wasting power.

Looks like most of the guilty are in Eastern US and Europe.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/4...rth_nightm.jpe


Europe has caught up, ten years ago about half that much light.

The one positive thing about high efficiency bulbs...if stoopids leave them on, they are only wasting a quarter of the power...

I'm guilty quite often.

The hardest thing is Summer air conditioning. That's why I'm suggesting a lot of industrial be moved to off peak. Organizational solutions are important too.