Did You Hit The Light Switches Last Night?

[barfo]

so you were just sitting in the dark using no electricity?

Didn't you know? I'm a mushroom.

barfo

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Didn't you know? I'm a mushroom.

barfo

 

[TripTango]

I'm not sure what sort of a system you are imagining. Certainly if the lights were turned on by a mechanical device, like maybe a giant flywheel that had to be brought from rest to spinning at high RPMs, turning them on would take a lot of energy - but why would anyone design such a system? Electrical devices are turned on by flipping a switch that allows electrons to flow. There's no other technology needed.

barfo

Maybe this is the kind of light switch ADP is thinking of?

 

[TripTango]

So you're saying the Las Vegas strip is simply turned on and off by one simple switch?

Nope. MANY simple switches!

 

[LameR]

Maybe this is the kind of light switch ADP is thinking of?

I think it was this...

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