Since the bulbs have a 5 1/2 year life the traffic engineer has saved on manpower 'cause he hasn't had to "change a light bulb in the last 5 years. Dumb old Town council didn't know what to do with the $250 per month times 26 traffic intersections converted. So like any good politician they decided to spend the savings on Playground equipment and School Books.
I'm glad they didn't listen to you or we'd still be waiting for action.
Fact there are 11,000 power plants in the US. 25% of all electricity generated is used for lighting. Convert to LED or new flourescent bulbs that you can buy at Sams, Lowes or Home Depot and we can produce the same lumens for 50% less electricity. So we could turn off half of the 2700 plants that produce electricity for lighting. Thats approximately 1300 plants. Since 1125 of those are 11,000 plants are coal fired plants which do you think we should turn off first. Howsa 'bout ALL the coal fired plants.
The conversion could happen in about a year which is quicker than you can file and receive permits to build one nuc plant, (not that we shouldn't). To bad energy efficent LEDs are not available till 2002!!!(Sarcasm Off)
"I'm glad they didn't listen to you or we'd still be waiting for action."
Glad it workd out for your city. But LED's by cost and design LED's aren't ready for everyday household situations yet.
"The conversion could happen in about a year which is quicker than you can file and receive permits to build one nuc plant, (not that we shouldn't). To bad energy efficent LEDs are not available till 2002!!!(Sarcasm Off)"
So I assume by your expertise your entire house is filled with LED lighting and no standard lighting. How much did it cost you to equip it with LED lights, and how do you handle the output problems from the current generation of household LED replacement bulbs?