In message on Mon, 18 Apr 2011
15:46:12 +0100
Rick Hughes wrote:

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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Up to 75% of councils are dimming the lights to save money


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ave-money.html

Using a dimmer switch on your lights at home doesn't save very much in
electricity AFAIK, e.g. dimming to half the light doesn't reduce the power
consumption by 50% - is it different on street lights?



My council is turning off every 3 lamppost, or alternate side lampposts on
dual carriageways

I remember that happening round here during one fuel crisis or another -
miners' strike? Power worksrs' strike? Oil price hike? Combination of two or
more? Can't remember, but crime rates shot up and there was a dramatic swing in
the composition of the local coucil at the next election ...

(Greater London - one vote for all every three years, rather than the vote for
a third of them every year, as happens in (most) other places ...)

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Terry