http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/01/sharp-and-tbs-issue-lights-out-challenge/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:02:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/01/sharp-and-tbs-issue-lights-out-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-78622 Graham Cliff Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:34:24 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/01/sharp-and-tbs-issue-lights-out-challenge/#comment-78622 Colin Henshaw has been warning for years that we are in trouble. In May 1994 his letter to the JBAA was ignored. He continues to be ignored now. Why will no-one listen? The modern 24 hour day is killing off Life On Earth. One day we will be JTL - I only wish that we could be JIT! Colin Henshaw has been warning for years that we are in trouble. In May 1994 his letter to the JBAA was ignored. He continues to be ignored now. Why will no-one listen? The modern 24 hour day is killing off Life On Earth. One day we will be JTL – I only wish that we could be JIT!

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/01/sharp-and-tbs-issue-lights-out-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-77645 Barry F. Smith Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/01/sharp-and-tbs-issue-lights-out-challenge/#comment-77645 This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. NO energy will be saved by turning off the lights in a house during a MLB game. You may save a small amount on your electric bill, but NO energy will be saved. Even if every house in America turned off the lights for three hours or more, NO energy would be saved. WHY? Because the power companies know that when the game is over everyone will expect the lights to work when they flip the switch back on. As long as the generators are spinning, electrical energy is generated whether or not it is used by consumers. A coal fired plant can take 8 to 10 hours and a nuclear plant can take 5 days, to heat up enough to produce the steam necessary to spin the generator. The ONLY way we can save electrical energy would be for demand to be reduced long enough to shut down a plant for days or months. If demand suddenly increases and there is not enough electricity being generated to meet that demand, the voltage can drop to the point it causes a "brownout" and that can lead to the generating units tripping OFF line causing a "blackout". Ask someone from NY about blackouts, they have had a couple. tnsoftailrider This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. NO energy will be saved by turning off the lights in a house during a MLB game. You may save a small amount on your electric bill, but NO energy will be saved. Even if every house in America turned off the lights for three hours or more, NO energy would be saved. WHY? Because the power companies know that when the game is over everyone will expect the lights to work when they flip the switch back on. As long as the generators are spinning, electrical energy is generated whether or not it is used by consumers. A coal fired plant can take 8 to 10 hours and a nuclear plant can take 5 days, to heat up enough to produce the steam necessary to spin the generator. The ONLY way we can save electrical energy would be for demand to be reduced long enough to shut down a plant for days or months. If demand suddenly increases and there is not enough electricity being generated to meet that demand, the voltage can drop to the point it causes a “brownout” and that can lead to the generating units tripping OFF line causing a “blackout”. Ask someone from NY about blackouts, they have had a couple.
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