On 14/03/13 11:21, Mark wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:13:06 +0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

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Switching off lights after midnight is a clear electricity saving
provided that their contract allows it and is not a pay per stalk deal.

But is likely to result in an increase in crime and road accidents.
I'll bet they haven't costed this.


Actually the data says otherwise.

A friend of mine used to work for a council. When they costed up
everything they found that it would not actually save any money so the
plan was abandoned.


Based on arbitrary assumptions no doubt.



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