shutting off street lights to save electricity

[240 is Back]

Wow, they're doing this in Florida now.   Wonderful. 

[MB_722]

lol

[Hugo Chavez]

brilliant.

[tonymctones]

they probably alternate if im not mistaken 240? one goes off and another goes on?

theyve been doing that for ages...

now if they are turning them all off ya thats fuked up

[Hugo Chavez]

here it is:

Collier keeping street lights off to stay on budget
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=10966959

Vanderbilt Beach Road - 136 street lights stay off
Immokalee Road, - 251 street lights stay off
North Collier Boulevard - 63 street lights stay off
Rattlesnake Hammock Road - 58 street lights stay off
Livingston Road - 297 street lights stay off
South Collier Boulevard - 155 street lights stay off

[Coach is Back!]

What a great idea, while they're at it why not paint all the streets and rooftops white.......oh wait, someone already.....ahhhh nevermind!!

[240 is Back]

here it is:
Collier keeping street lights off to stay on budget
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=10966959

That was Collier county.  now Lee county is doing it too.

What a great idea, while they're at it why not paint all the streets and rooftops white.......oh wait, someone already.....ahhhh nevermind!!

I thought they had the science to prove that white roofs deliver X amount of protection in helping to eliminate temperature rise?  If it works, why not?

[Hugo Chavez]

I thought they had the science to prove that white roofs deliver X amount of protection in helping to eliminate temperature rise?  If it works, why not?

even a halfwit with a white T-shirt on a sunny day can figure that out

[240 is Back]

even a halfwit with a white T-shirt on a sunny day can figure that out

lol... yeah, good point.  Wear black t-shirt into the sun in FL is insane.  White feels way better. 

If dumping a few thousand tons of white paint in uninhabited areas would lower planet's temperature, I'd be okay with that.  If i'd get a tax credit for painting my roof white (and it would make the planet healthier, why the hell not?

[Eyeball Chambers]

Turn off every other light and save 50 percent on your energy bill! 

[pedro01]

I frequent LA on occasion and there are areas around the airport that need lots of lighting.

Otherwise, I may pick up a really fucking skanky ho....

[BM OUT]

even a halfwit with a white T-shirt on a sunny day can figure that out

How does that keep my house warm in the winter?

[Hugo Chavez]

How does that keep my house warm in the winter?

hi half of a halfwit  regions?  hello?  regions?  hello?

I'm fucking with you but you get my point, don't kill me bro

I imagine if you live in Texas it might be a smarter deal than living in North Dakota....  leave it black in ND...  Still a net savings.

[BM OUT]

hi half of a halfwit   regions?  hello?  regions?  hello?

I'm fucking with you but you get my point, don't kill me bro

According to the guy who wanted it[I forget his name]he wanted it nation wide,which led others to say what about the winter.

Id prefer to let the government worry about other things then telling me what color to paint my house.

[Coach is Back!]

That was Collier county.  now Lee county is doing it too.



I thought they had the science to prove that white roofs deliver X amount of protection in helping to eliminate temperature rise?  If it works, why not?

So you want the government telling you what you can and cannot do with your house? I know if I had paid $500k for a home I sure as hell wouldn't want someone telling me what color I have to paint it. White on the streets seems like it would be dangerous for driving.

[Hugo Chavez]

According to the guy who wanted it[I forget his name]he wanted it nation wide,which led others to say what about the winter.

Id prefer to let the government worry about other things then telling me what color to paint my house.

I agree, but it's a good idea, especially the way I said it.  it would benefit people in the south bigtime and save them money and at the same time hook up the environment by some fraction.  It's a win win, why not?

[240 is Back]

So you want the government telling you what you can and cannot do with your house? I know if I had paid $500k for a home I sure as hell wouldn't want someone telling me what color I have to paint it. White on the streets seems like it would be dangerous for driving.

No, i'm saying that if we know painting the roof white will help X amount, and the govt offers people a choice of not doing it, or reeiving $Z to paint the house, I'm okay with that.

make it voluntary.  I know a lot of people who would paint their house pink for $2k right now.

besides - it doesn't have to be white.  There is a special paint that look clear that will reflect light the same, and your roof will look the same.

[Dos Equis]

They have been doing that here too.  Bad idea.