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   Huge to JAB   
   Re: Energy saving auto dimming street li   
   03 Jan 18 10:08:58   
   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: Huge@nowhere.much.invalid   
      
   On 2018-01-03, JAB  wrote:   
   >   
   > Norway - At highway 155 in Nes i Hole, 220 radars have been installed   
   > on light poles. They detect oncoming traffic and adjust the strength   
   > of the light. By doing this, the 9 km/5.5 mi stretch saves a whopping   
   > 2100 kWh per week. The extra investment will break even after just 4.5   
   > years.   
   >   
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8eE_NEfHM   
      
   In the UK they save even more money by simply not lighting the roads.   
      
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