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Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights

From "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Newsgroups sci.misc, uk.d-i-y
Subject Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights
Date 2018-01-03 15:04 +0000
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Hang on is this not going to be a little off-putting for people going the 
other way or pedestrians etc?
 I could understand lights that dim as the sun comes up or get brighter as 
it sets.
 Brian

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"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 2018-01-03, JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> wrote:
>>
>> Norway - At highway 155 in Nes i Hole, 220 radars have been installed
>> on light poles. They detect oncoming traffic and adjust the strength
>> of the light. By doing this, the 9 km/5.5 mi stretch saves a whopping
>> 2100 kWh per week. The extra investment will break even after just 4.5
>> years.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8eE_NEfHM
>
> In the UK they save even more money by simply not lighting the roads.
>
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Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-02 21:42 -0600
  Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-01-03 10:08 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 12:42 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-01-03 12:47 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 13:10 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 15:10 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights DerbyBorn <Somewhere@Nearhome.com> - 2018-01-03 15:14 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 06:25 +1100
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2018-01-04 01:10 +0000
          Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-03 20:15 -0600
            Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2018-01-05 00:19 +0000
              Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-04 19:16 -0600
                Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights DerbyBorn <Somewhere@Nearhome.com> - 2018-01-07 12:59 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Robin <rbw0@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-03 12:51 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-03 08:05 -0600
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 06:04 +1100
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 15:04 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 16:52 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2018-01-03 17:47 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2018-01-03 18:34 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-01-04 12:23 +0000

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