08-31-2012, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by saskflames69
If you look at them long enough and closely enough, you can see that they're actually green green GREEN!
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typical rough rider fan.
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08-31-2012, 02:28 PM
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I would think that the yellowish lights you are referring to are HPS or High Pressure Sodium. They are likely being changed out to MH or Metal Halide, white color,...or perhaps to LED.
I doubt they are the dark orangy color or LPS Low Pressure Sodium, those were banned (changed) years ago and I cant remember Calgary utilizing many of those if at all for street lighting.
Light pollution wasnt fought by lamp color, it was/is being fought by less fixtures, and better shrouds. The HPS has longer lamp life and better lumen output.
Last edited by Cheese; 08-31-2012 at 02:35 PM.
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08-31-2012, 02:30 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by getbak
That's my understanding as well. The orange lights still illuminate the streets, but don't overwhelm the surroundings.
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Just a hunch, but it since dawn to dusk are blue, it could be that orange is less disturbing to wildlife.
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08-31-2012, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
typical rough rider fan.
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I wouldn't necessarily jump to conclusions.
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...74#post3843174
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Connor Zary will win the Hart Trophy in 2027.
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08-31-2012, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
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The pine trees in front of my house are the most loyal Rider fans I have ever seen. They remain green throughout the entire year, even after the Riders lose the Grey Cup!
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08-31-2012, 02:46 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary
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Solid thread. Would read again.
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08-31-2012, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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I like the yellow/orange tinge ones myself. But these new white ones light up more brighter...
Just make it a little more interesting city planners and go with some black lights 
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08-31-2012, 02:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Mind bottling! I was driving down Shaganappi yesterday and 4 of the lamp posts near the John Laurie had white street lights!
I have never understood why in the mid 80s we went from the white lights to the orange ones. Hopefully we are changing back.
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Hate to bring you down but could that be due to the new overpass / interchange they're building there? Maybe the construction workers need more than the orange lights?
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08-31-2012, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by calumniate
Hate to bring you down but could that be due to the new overpass / interchange they're building there? Maybe the construction workers need more than the orange lights?
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Well if white lights are that much brighter and better and safer, why not make the entire city like this?
Where is Bunk? we need to pass this idea along with the airdrie/okotoks/chestermere/cochrane toll booths to Nenshi!
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08-31-2012, 02:59 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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08-31-2012, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by troutman
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ummm it looks a like site made by those Peak Oil guys, or the 2012 earth is dead doomsayers. haha
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08-31-2012, 03:05 PM
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I thought the lights on Stoney Trail were LEDs? The last time I was in Calgary, I thought the street lights there were much brighter than the ones we have at home. At least that's what it seemed like.
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08-31-2012, 03:08 PM
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Farm Team Player
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What's 'mind bottling'?
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08-31-2012, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mrgreen
What's 'mind bottling'?
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http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...35#post3846735
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08-31-2012, 03:37 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by mrgreen
What's 'mind bottling'?
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It's like your brain is liquified, fermented, then poured into a glass bottle and refrigerated. Mind bottling.
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08-31-2012, 03:42 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I find it mind boggling that people actually say mind bottling.
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08-31-2012, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
See, I'm the opposite. I can't stand really white light. It makes it feel like i"m in a hospital or a morgue. I like having a tinge of yellow to give it a warmer feel.
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I can understand that. If my walls were white it would bother me, but my walls are sand with dark brown highlights and feature walls. The yellow lights are just too much, but the white light bouncing off them gives a nice tone to the rooms.
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08-31-2012, 03:53 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I find it mind boggling that people actually say mind bottling.
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What is boggling? It bottles my mind what that is.
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08-31-2012, 03:53 PM
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City is experimenting with LED streetlights, which have a whiter hue, but I don't know if this is a location they're testing.
http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...g-Project.aspx
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