1.0 link 153286 <![CDATA[On-Demand Street Lights Save Tons Of Energy]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/24/on-demand-street-lights-s_n_153286.html One town in northwest Germany is turning off its street lights at 9 pm to save electricity and money. Rather than imposing an unintentional curfew, the move is giving residents on-demand lighting.

The BBC reported this morning that in Doerentrup, a local engineer came up with a system so that anyone wanting see the way registers for free online, dials a central number, punches in a street code, and the lights they need will come on for several minutes. Although residents...

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