[AZ-Observing] Re: Fwd: SB 1218

I guess that's one way to look at it.
I think that any legislation which may help with  the usage of efficient and
night sky friendly lighting fixtures - at the design and implementation
stages - is worthy of support. The state owns a lot of property and uses
alot of lighting fixtures, most of which are not efficient. This doesn't
even take into consideration the energy that is wasted. I would like to see
similar measures aimed at the residential construction industry, and this
may be a start to that effort.

I can only speak for myself, but I would hardly classify my actions as
'getting so excited'. I just believe this is legislation worthy of support
and am trying to provide an avenue of information.

I'm afraid that 'we' (whoever _we_ is in this context) don't have any
authority to 'enforce existing lighting laws at existing retailers'. The
external lighting fixtures on my house do not negatively contribute to the
problems of mis-directed light and the energy they waste. So, I believe my
actions fit your pronouncement of 'lead by example'.

I just don't think that issues like these should  be summarily dismissed
because they don't cure the problems immediately.
Your speculation that this would apply to 0.5% of all lighting fixtures in
the next 2 decades may be accurate - I don't have data to reach that
conclusion. But, even small percentages of large numbers yield large
numbers.

Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Ketelsen" <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:13 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Fwd: SB 1218


> Excuse my ignorance, but why is everyone getting so excited about a
> bill that only applies to future buildings owned by the state of Arizona?
> It seems to me that in 20 years that will be what, .5% of existing lights?
>
> While I agree it may be a good exercise to enact something like this so
> that in a few years we can get it to apply to private future construction,
> it doesn't really have anything to do with darkening existing skies or
> even keeping them at their current level.
>
> It seems to me, as a homeowner looking for locally available good lighting
> to install around my house, that we would be better off enforcing existing
> lighting laws at existing retailers - getting illegal lights off their
> shelves and fighting to get a simple shielded light available to install
> on my house.  Lead by example!
>
> -Dean
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