New Energy-Efficient Streetlights
A Chart depicting the possibilities of Led Streetlights
In addition to tax breaks and readily-available recycling depositories, the installation of energy efficient lightbulbs into streetlights and other county-regulated lights could aid in the reduction of global warming locally. according to Eric Scigliano, a reporter in Seattle, an area thaqt has adopted this idea,"the advantages of the new technology are manifold. LED displays use as little as 40 percent of the electricity that high-pressure sodium bulbs, the old standard, use to produce as much light. Though they cost more upfront, they last about three times as long, which saves labor replacing them and disposal costs. They don’t get jiggled to an early demise by vibration, as bulbs do, making them especially well-suited to bridges and other bouncy sites. City Light expects to recover the capital cost of converting in 7.7 years; it originally expected to save $2.2 million a year in energy and labor, but now hopes to save $3 million. now hopes to save $3 million (Scigliano, 2013)". With this it is clear that the introduction of many county-wide regulations can aid in the elimination of worsening climate change on a global level.