New LED Bulbs Light Up National Mall

At a press conference on the National Mall on Jan. 30, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar flipped a ceremonial light switch to reveal the park’s energy upgrades: LED light bulbs installed in the 173 streetlight posts that line the National Mall’s walkways, the Alliance to Save Energy reports. The super-efficient, brighter bulbs will reduce the streetlights’ energy use by at least 60 percent, according to the Trust for the National Mall, as well as make the park, which attracts 24 million visitors a year, safer for nighttime sightseers. The National Park Service estimates that the LEDs will last for more than two decades, compared to the old bulbs which needed replacement every few years...more

They can use the new wind power to provide electricity to light up the LED bulbs don'tchasee. 

Can't you hear them singing, "Oh say can you see, by these new LEDs". 


Me, I keep hearing Dandy Don Meredith on Monday Night Football singing "Turn out the lights, the party's over."