In my first hand observations, I've seen those video boards running at 2 am and the lights on throughout the facility. Haha. Nobody can reasonably be there. They seem to be on all the time. It's wasteful and a shame. I hope some on here will think for a minute how we just keep adding demand to the electrical system, pumping out pollution, and come to the conclusion that if we care about breathing clean air, keeping stable climate systems, etc., turning off these lights is one little action (couple with millions and billions of other little actions) we should be taking to protect this planet we're going to inhabit in 20 years, 50 years, 100 years.
JTS Lighting Strikes a Nerve
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Yeah I can understand how wasting energy could be the issue. When I first read it I took it as just the light being emitted was causing climate change somehow.
Iowa State University is defined as a major source of air pollution under the Clean Air Act (CAA), stemming from two major facilities, ISU Power Plant and ISU Central Campus, along with several smaller off-campus affiliates, including the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF), and outlying agricultural research farms.
Who would dare say THAT? Uh, like...Iowa State.
www.ehs.iastate.edu
Who would dare say THAT? Uh, like...Iowa State.
Environmental Programs - Environmental Health and Safety
www.ehs.iastate.edu
They can probably conserve more energy in the stadium very reasonably. In terms of the bridge lights, tons of cities have bridge lights that are on all night. Aesthetics are a purpose, and that seems reasonable to me. I’m not concerned about light pollution from the Bridge in an already developed part of Ames far from where anyone lives.
Edit: which is only going to be more developed with CyTown. Which will again enhance the Bridge’s aesthetic purpose.
Edit: which is only going to be more developed with CyTown. Which will again enhance the Bridge’s aesthetic purpose.
I have a street light on at the dead end of my street that serves no purpose. I’m emailing the Des Moines Register about it right now. It might be killing birds and bats and stuff.
Haha! Winner.
Oh, I could write much more than that. Sadly, that was me toning it back and I cranked that out in about 7 minutes....
Then we need to turn off all street lights, business signs and all outside house light also for the same reasoning.
Why do you people think this is equivalent to running a $100k video system in a stadium. Dollar figure pulled directly from my a$$
This is the dad who really gets off on telling everyone to shut off the lights when they leave a room.
I think the university has its own power plant. It’s on the northeast side of campus where cyride is located. I think it’s a coal plant, but this was back in 2006-2010.
It's not a requirement or anything that you guys get all butthurt about this op-ed that 7 people will read outside of CF.
I hope in respone they start sounding the stadium siren at 2 AM every night.
My question is why you didn't get "dumbs" from those two yokels who must live in their grandma's basements.
Probably your text was above their reading level.
Letters to the editor: Jack Trice Stadium lighting should be dialed back
Tribune readers have thoughts on Congress and on the city's Climate Action Plan.www.amestrib.com
I took my family to the Reiman Gardens holiday lights deal last week and thought that the stadium and bridge looked super cool in the foggy night. Is it bright? It is, but it's not smack dab in the middle of a neighborhood either. Also, I didn't see any dead birds laying around.
Because we live in a society that is about our comfort. We have plenty of people that give zero ***** about the environment when they say they do. Someone brings up something that goes against their feelings and so they say **** logic, my feelings about things are more important.My question is why you didn't get "dumbs" from those two yokels who must live in their grandma's basements.
Probably your text was above their reading level.
