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Thread #125723   Message #2792121
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Dec-09 - 01:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palin v. Gore...
Subject: RE: BS: Palin v. Gore...
TIA and KP-
Point 10 is certainly valid. Just one aspect- electrical power wastage-
In our downtown core, lights in the business towers are on all night, as well as in businesses along major streets (although most stores are closed), and light pollution is such that one must be well outside the city and suburbs to see anything more than just the moon and a couple of the brightest stars or planets.
Conditions are as bad in all population centers, as shown by the pictures taken from space.
These lights (and failure to reduce heat in these buildings at night) eat a lot of energy. Occasionally complaints are raised locally, but the arguments are that building lighting and heating are controlled by automatic switches and it would be expensive to revise, there is danger from thieves in darkened businesses, and light equals public safety.