03-29-2008, 10:10 AM
It will be interesting to see how much of an impact the 1 h switching off has on the energy consumption trends in the future. The US leaves lights on on all corridors of buildings at night. That is about 1 tubelight atfer every 2 meters of corridor space (conservatively speaking). And then the obligatory 2 tubelights per room is left on all night (the rest of the 3-6 tubelights per room are switched off).
I struggle to switch off every damn light in my house for even 10 minutes of non-use.
I cannot even imagine the gargantuan energy wastage that occurs in the Land of the Naive, the home of the Pretenders (USA). These people behave as if they have a God-given right to wrap, re-wrap, package, and re-package every piece of food/every commodity; and use up fantastic amounts of paper, cardboard, and plastic for every little thing.
As usual, they will make a big song and dance about some token energy saving measure and then get on with their wasteful lives with renewed vigour...
I struggle to switch off every damn light in my house for even 10 minutes of non-use.
I cannot even imagine the gargantuan energy wastage that occurs in the Land of the Naive, the home of the Pretenders (USA). These people behave as if they have a God-given right to wrap, re-wrap, package, and re-package every piece of food/every commodity; and use up fantastic amounts of paper, cardboard, and plastic for every little thing.
As usual, they will make a big song and dance about some token energy saving measure and then get on with their wasteful lives with renewed vigour...