Actually, the recent energy bill banned the manufacture and import of parts for incandescent signals in the United States as of January 1, 2006. Existing stocks may be used until they run out, but the upgrade to LED signal tech makes sense. One of my co-workers is a councilman for a small municipality with one traffic signal. The recently converted it to LED. He forwarded us the e-mail from the Public Works department telling that the power bill for the signal was $30 for a month of LED instead of the $150 per month with incandescent. One signal will save the town $1200 a year. Multiply that cost and energy savings by the number of traffic signals in the United States and you'll see why LED traffic signals are catching on.
I once had a professor tell the class that our papers weren't graded because of plagarism problems. He continued, "if you're going to plagarize, don't use the internet--it's too easy to check. Go to the library!"
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Actually, the recent energy bill banned the manufacture and import of parts for incandescent signals in the United States as of January 1, 2006. Existing stocks may be used until they run out, but the upgrade to LED signal tech makes sense. One of my co-workers is a councilman for a small municipality with one traffic signal. The recently converted it to LED. He forwarded us the e-mail from the Public Works department telling that the power bill for the signal was $30 for a month of LED instead of the $150 per month with incandescent. One signal will save the town $1200 a year. Multiply that cost and energy savings by the number of traffic signals in the United States and you'll see why LED traffic signals are catching on.
Now I'll never find a girlfriend! (Where's the -1 Creepy mod when you need it?)
Naw, it ain't over until Zonk posts a review 3 months late.
I once had a professor tell the class that our papers weren't graded because of plagarism problems. He continued, "if you're going to plagarize, don't use the internet--it's too easy to check. Go to the library!"