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Neighborhood Goes Green With Solar-Power Street Lights - Las Vegas goes the solar way |
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Energy
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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Many of us are still trying to catch up on that hour of sleep we all
lost over the weekend. The goal of Daylight Saving Time is to save
energy. One local neighborhood is trying to do that every day on their
streets.
The street in one Las Vegas gated community is well-lit. How it's lit is a problem. “It
makes us feel less safe,” said Dan Brasen of the San Marino Circle HOA.
He feels less safe because they are gas lamps. Sometimes the flame
blows out, sending toxic gas into the air for weeks. Burning or not,
they are a big polluter. “Environmentally in the valley, they spew over 17,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,” he said. Two and a half of the perpetual flames use as much gas in a year as a three bedroom house does. Getting rid of them isn't easy.[...]
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