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10-19-2007, 05:06 PM
'Lights Out' event illuminates energy use, dark skies
By Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 15, 2007
In this space last week, we poked fun at a little event this coming Saturday night in both the city and county of Los Angeles called "Lights Out." This week we're going to praise it.
The idea of the event is to persuade residents to turn off nonessential lighting from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday to save energy and teach folks that many lights are left on needlessly. That means more fossil fuels are burned to create electricity and that means more global warming.
Yes, "lights out" is one of those feel-good events that in all likelihood won't produce long-term change; if city officials really wanted to get people to turn off the lights they'd jack up power rates to punish those who waste.
On the other hand, Lights Out night raises another issue. . .
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-localgovtqa15oct15,1,3030964.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=6&cset=true
By Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 15, 2007
In this space last week, we poked fun at a little event this coming Saturday night in both the city and county of Los Angeles called "Lights Out." This week we're going to praise it.
The idea of the event is to persuade residents to turn off nonessential lighting from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday to save energy and teach folks that many lights are left on needlessly. That means more fossil fuels are burned to create electricity and that means more global warming.
Yes, "lights out" is one of those feel-good events that in all likelihood won't produce long-term change; if city officials really wanted to get people to turn off the lights they'd jack up power rates to punish those who waste.
On the other hand, Lights Out night raises another issue. . .
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-localgovtqa15oct15,1,3030964.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=6&cset=true