This just in from the Telegraph - Street lights to be switched off at midnight:

Street lights in suburban areas are to be switched off after midnight as part of council plans to save energy.

A series of trial blackouts will be carried out over the next few weeks by local authorities in the Home Counties, Hampshire and Essex among others.

Buckinghamshire council is reported to be switching off more than 1,700 lights along 25 miles of road in an attempt to meet energy targets.

It says the scheme will save £100,000 and reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 600 tons a year.

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Residents’ groups, police organisations and motoring groups have expressed fear that the darkness could cause increases in crime and road traffic accidents.

Here’s a thought - instead of turning the lights off, why not use motion sensors to leave lights on wherever there are people, and turn them off whenever nobody’s around? I’m telling you, America, this is the kind of groundbreaking thinking that you get from me, which our former Colonial Overlords will never receive!

(I had to write something here. It’s nearly been a week. I’m just tired of trolling Rachel Lucas’ forums. I’m “Oatworm”, by the way. Long story behind that, but it’s really not that interesting.)

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