I've just been catching up on some of the side issues with the various federal energy conservation legislation, and discovered that....
.. that they're mandating a phaseout of Mercury Vapor lighting. for example: "The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates that mercury vapor lamp ballasts shall not be manufactured or imported after January 1, 2008, and additional regulations regarding the manufacturing of mercury vapor lamps will completely eliminate their availability by 2011. These regulations are designed to promote energy efficiency and conservation with lighting installations. " [a] - And I doubt the Cubs have the money for retrofitting the stadium with any of the alternatives... (And what's going to happen with every high school stadium in the country? I doubt they've got much money either...) [a] http://www.alleghenypower.com/CSC/Services/Mercury_Vapor_Replacement.asp _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---