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Illuminated Shop fronts, victor mode
It struck me as I was driving through my local down at 11 pm last night that all the "large" shops had massive illuminated signs on the front, lit when the shop had been closed for hours.
OK, not my problem, if the shops want to waste energy it is their choice. They pay the bill. But in these days of enviromental awareness, global warming as a result of power stations etc. Surely the responsible organisation would have to justify to their shareholders why they waste energy and simply don't turn the damm things off at night. Name and shame in no particular order, Currys, Comet, Halfords. |
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It's far more of a waste to turn them off & then on again every day than it is to just leave the beggars running constantly! |
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Why would anyone know that? |
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It was on Mythbusters recently.
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Beat me to it!:smt075 :p |
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Anyone know what the cross over point is when idleing at traffic lights traffic jams etc? I know in one of the sweden type countrys its law to turn off engine at traffic lights. |
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It takes 75Amps to crank an SV, and I'm told 10mins running (not just idling) to make up for that. If you turn your engine off (and lets assume you turn lights off too) at every set of lights in a big city that you get stopped at, they're closer than 10mins apart, so you're never going to replace the juice to start it up! Only a politician could dream up something like that. |
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Didn't ford get someone to design and build a transit van that switches itself off at traffic lights and junctions to save fuel?
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