[Hawkcreek]

Edit note: original poster deleted the item that began this thread.

[Ferretlover]

Dual purpose:

Saves energy, And makes the targets harder to hit.

[DefiledEngine]

hah, guess the olduvai scenario can work through more indirect ways as well.

[frankthetank]

My Super Walmart's frozen food section has sensors so the lights turn on and off depending on if people are in the isle. Kind of good idea when you multiply it by all the SW stores. I'm guessing up here they could turn the heat down and save way more energy.

[joeltrout]

Sounds like a crime spree waiting to happen

joeltrout

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', 'S')ounds like a crime spree waiting to happen.

[The_Setite]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DefiledEngine', 'h')ah, guess the olduvai scenario can work through more indirect ways as well.

[MarkJames]

Antisocial Yobs and Hooligans applaud the move...

[Sys1]

Mmmh, i think it will be VERY dangerous to walk at night... except if you get night gogles with a gun.

[billp]

Dark days and NIGHTS may be coming?

cheers

[heroineworshipper]

Would be super if street lights were turned off. Imagine seeing the stars in a black sky like the original Indians did hundreds of years ago. Of course, they'll never stay off all night.

[smallpoxgirl]

Sounds like an improvement to me. I hate street lights anyway. Then again, I would never willingly live in a place where you had to worry about being mugged every time you walk around in the dark. Where I live, I have to worry about being eaten in the dark, but not so much about being mugged.

[nocar]

Lights meant for cars are one thing, lights for pedestrians another. Lights over roadways are usually a lot stronger so you save more by turning them off. Cars have their own built in lights.

Lights for pedestrians make more sense.

nocar

[Hawkcreek]

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[Schneider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', 'M')mmh, i think it will be VERY dangerous to walk at night... except if you get night gogles with a gun.

[alokin]

nocar is completely right. But on the other hand they switch it out after midnight. Maybe they should make a difference between weekdays and weekends?
Here in Australia it's just crazy. Brisbane city council hasn't realized yet that all cars have lights. So major roads are really lit up.

so this measurement hasn't anything to do with Mr. Olduvai, it only makes sense, they want to hit the margins of CO2 reduction, and the nice thing is they're saving money as well.

(this wouldn't be that bad in the US having a bit of money left over for the old and poor?)

[SheikYarbhouti]

(semi - off topic)

Ever since I was a kid, I've had a strange relationship with streetlights that persists until today... I'll be walking down the sidewalk at night, and a random streetlight will turn itself off when I get within about twenty or thirty feet of it, or if it happens to be off, it will turn itself on. This still happens at least twice a week. Am I the only one? Is this just a string of hundreds of coincidences? It happens in any circumstance, any time past sunset, even in different cities. I dunno.

[Ferretlover]

Ever watch the movie, "Bell, Book and Candle?"

[Hawkcreek]

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[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SheikYarbhouti', '(') Is this just a string of hundreds of coincidences?