--- In [email protected], David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Among the many government petitions are a group about light pollution. If anyone is interested to view and maybe sign any of them I offer the link below. As the gent who recommended them to us suggested - we want to save the planet for our children and it would be nice if could keep the stars for them as well. > > Please also spread the word around as much as possible - every little helps. > > < http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/search?q=light+pollution > > >
There seam to be many of them that come up under that search critiria, any one in partiular that you where referencing to? I have signed these three. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/light-pollution/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BusinessLights/ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Floodlighting/ Personaly i feel its quite a big issue. - Like everything, its go to be a ballence. I dont mind one half kilowatt lighting the odd building of special interest, or a pub. But when every single tom dick or harry has 15 1.5KW floods making the place glow like the sun, that take the piss. - Simularly with streetlights, im not agasint that directly, in places there good, and make driving safer and easyer. However we do need to put some more effort into sheailding them more effectly to get maxmamum usage of the energy. - And as for offices/shops/schools leaving there lights on 24/7 even when there only ocupided 9 till 5 is criminal in this day any age or any before it. TURN THEM OFF!! I wrote a letter to uni actaully, about the fact that our hall corridor lights all stay on 24/7. - 16*2watts per light, Eight or so lights per block, 15 blocks per hall, 12 or so halls. Thats 1100kWh a day if ive done my sums right! But yeah, they said that in the new halls there building this year, they are already going to fit light sensotive fittings, so that they switch of when its light enough (thoughtout the day) and possably also timmers on certain lights to switch off during times when most people will be asleep. With plans to retro-fitt them to other hall if they are a success. - Might not be earth shattering, but assuming it goes ahead, its a good step forwards. Daniel
