Light Polution e-petition

[NeilF]

Fact: unit costs for electricity are currently statitic or falling. Fact: The funding is a statutory one regardless of whether the tariff was in place or not, it is part of the obligation the energy companies have toward sustainable energy programs...so the money would have been spent regardless.

Fact: My electricity bill has drastically increased over the past few years, while my usage has dropped. Is there any reason this trend should not continue for the forseeable future?
Fact: The scheme in question has been so well through out, it makes more financial sense for the individuals in question to NOT use the (clean solar) electricity they are generating, but instead use the electricity at night generated by power stations. They are financially rewarded for this behaviour.
Fact: These individuals are being given tens of thousands of pounds, guaranteed over the next 25 years. This money is being funded by the majority of people in the country (who have no choice but to pay the increased premium of their energy prices) for the benefit of a minority, with questionable benefit at the moment to the power grid.

So you support that scheme, but the suggestion of simply investigating if a better and more economical use of night time lighting is possible is a step too far? Given you in fact don't know how much it would cost, what might come out of the investigation, and how much it could therefore save?

Can you tell me how much this will cost?, how much my council taxes will rise to fund such a largescale capital program?, what the costs will be toward increased policing, a&e, car insurance, and the myriad of other increases we would expect if the results of many of these programs have so far illustrated?

I've already said I can't. But I've signed the petition to show my interest in such an investigation being carried out. So what have I done wrong?

I've admitted I don't know what the possibilities and expenses might be. I'm not privy to enough information or knowledge in the appropriate areas. However, as you have repeatedly attested to it being too expensive to consider, you seemingly can provide the financials... Feel free to do so...

Improve it as it becomes necessary to replace or repair it, do not waste money on a capital investment that has little or no evidence of significant benefit.

And if no investigation has been done to an overall approach to said replacements and repairs, knowing what is possible, and what we should be heading towards, what will we achieve?


You can't even agree that it's at least a good idea to see how much energy we can save via different methods/approaches? The outcome might be that little can be done efficiently. But the outcome might be there's huge saving to be made easily over relatively short time scales?