Gothamist: When the Lights Don't Go Down In the City

RFR

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:36:34 -0500

It's not just city buildings .... stop by and take a look at the lobby renovations at 100 Church St to see lighting run amok

Gore

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:44:59 -0500

"If the US has 300,000,000 people, and NYC accounts for 8,000,000 (a little under 3%), isn't it kind of a good thing that we only emit 1% of the nation's greenhouse gases?" No, considering NYC produces mostly intellectual products. We don't have factories and oil refineries. Fat boys and girls sitting in front of their computer accounts for all the emissions. A simple shutdown of your computer will save lots.

t

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:43:48 -0500

nyc is not unique in that everything we use is manufactured somewhere else or brought in by boat from overseas. do you really think people in atlanta or st. louis are getting everything they use locally?

db

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:46:32 -0500

This is the best city in the country. Regardless of how we're performing in terms of carbon emissions now, we should strive to do more and set an example for other metro ares to follow. Turn down the lights.

db

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:45:42 -0500

This is the best city in the country. Regardless of how we're performing in terms of carbon emissions now, we should strive to do more and set an example for other metro ares to follow.

.

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:33:51 -0500

I have an idea; how about NOT blasting freezing air into every office the minute the outside temp breaks 55 degrees? This is pretty much true of every building in which I've worked. At this very moment my fingers are in danger of freezing.

well?

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:23:32 -0500

Like all of these number New Yorkers like to polish to make themselves look good, how was this calculated? Does it take into account that nothing is manufactured or produced here and has to be trucked in from out of state or brought in by boat from overseas?

spndp

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:09:57 -0500

The 1% thing is a tad bit misleading, since NYC's carbon emissions are less than a third of the US average per capita. Yeah, we could cut down on our emissions by a lot, but no more than the rest of the country does.

I'm Confused

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:07:01 -0500

If the US has 300,000,000 people, and NYC accounts for 8,000,000 (a little under 3%), isn't it kind of a good thing that we only emit 1% of the nation's greenhouse gases?

numbers

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:06:52 -0500

Consider that the five boroughs (approx 8.5 million people total) add up to about 3% of the U.S. population.

Toby

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:56:21 -0500

The problem with many of these energy saving bulbs is they have disposal issues. So in one way it is robbing Peter to pay Paul.