Permanent street lamps indicate Australian’s commitment to waste energy
http://picasaweb.google.com/niezmienny/StreetLamps?authkey=Q4U3WBMs7dc#
Some 5 to 10% of all lamps in Adelaide are permanently on for years. This indicate:
- waste of public money
- waste of energy
- overload of system
- power shortages
- earlier failure of equipment
- demoralisation of children
- corruption
- Environmental pollution
- official lies
Some years ago when I’ve heard on radio that this government is very dedicated to proper energy management. That anyone from public when see faulty street lamp and reports it, one gets $10 for each reported lamp which is not fixed within 5 working days. The next day I’ve reported over 50 such lamps and continued to report hundreds of such lamps.
As you predicted, I did not become richer, lamps are not fixed and more of them stays permanenlty on.
I’ve done everything I could, but in totally corrupt South Australian government, the relevant minister, minister for energy have told me that permanently on lamps is not his problem but mine.
Such is attitude every level of our government and in abnout all aspect of administration. They do what they want to and are not responsible to any one.
I let the federal MP Andrew Southcott know but he is not interested, nor is anyone interested in federal office, nor any of the tv channels nor radio station in Adelaide.
It seem that everyone is either dumn or totally dependent of corrupt government. The National Forum is rejecting all my posts and there is no avenue to challenge them.
Honestly I’ve never seen in my life such corrupt system even when I spent half of my life in communist country.
While we are on energy mismanagement issue, let me point that not only strictly street lamps are permanently on in Adelaide, but so many if not most car yards, many big shopping parking on open air, and other business. In total it is lots of energy wasted, someone must pay for it and it is absolutely unnecessary energy waste.
It is nonsense to talk about reduction of pollution when in Australia nobody is responsible for anything, when government is determined to waste energy.
The link above shows only a few examples of street lamps on in Adelaide. In the city the biggest concentration of street lamps fully on is around the University. No, this is not brightness of the wise academics, it is their stupidity to allow such situation.
Is it just my opinion or fact? Photos are a good evidence.
Perhaps our universities are not to teach wisdom but business? There is not much business when everything works well, but plenty of business when everything is wrong.
Perhaps the minister for energy had a bad day, or misunderstood me? Nothing like that. I’ve contacted him number of times, showed the problem as good as I could. I also contacted the Premier Mike Rann about it and also the opposition and media. In Australia there is total commitment to waste energy.
House insulation and many other examples, indicate that it must be in our constitution that we have to waste energy.
By the way, Adelaide is one of the darkest cities at night.
We I publish this on world blog? I hope that one way or another, it may come back to our Kevin Rudd.
I will publish more evidence of total corruption of our government and also serious crime against society. Please press our leaders to stop corruption and energy waste. Same photos I’ve posted to our Premier Mike Rann, to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and to most other relevant officials. No answer – meaning total corruption.
11/03/2009 at 10:23 am
Sorry to have to tell you this but as long as sovereignty is the basis for Government power there is no such thing as an even slightly corrupt Government anywhere in the world.
If a Government of the day spends the last dollar of its treasury to stay in power and enjoy a life style in the sun as long as it signs the appropriate paper work as deemed by itself and at the same time passing a law to have you piece by piece passed through a sieve if you object the Government is not corrupt. It is simply doing its job.
A sovereign Government has immunity from its own citizens as will as from other sovereign governments.
Very cosy.
Why do you think we have war and famine? Sovereignty is the ultimate form of self-interest.
Sovereignties nature is reflected in our institutions both public and private as well as our relationships with each other locally and internationally. It is the reason why Politicians and or Government officials can create policy which results in death and or economic mayhem through action or inaction and are unable to be called to account.
Sovereignty is our curse. If you can think of a way we can replace it I believe you will have a better chance to change things for the better.
12/03/2009 at 2:56 am
What is the point you try to make?
Do you try to say that all that is ok?
Democracy we have have nothing to do with my and your will but everything with the will of politicians?
Or what you try to say?
I do understand you that politicians can do whatever they want to. Try to tell them in their office and in particular in presence of oponents or media. You see if they agree with you. They say that they represent citizens.
But, they say so and not represent. If you try to say this, I agree.
If I understand you correctly Mark, the government cannot do whatever wants to if it is in line with own policies. You’ve surely heard that there are voices that Mugabe is going to be charged for the death of so many of his people under his policy. There are other examples of dictators, being disapproved or judged by others.
Now let me say one of the major point I try to make. There are number of different definitions of corruption. For some, corruption is when someone receives money secretely for some sort of favors. For me corruption does mean deviation from normal and expected operation, from norms.
Another point I try to make is regardless how you call it, fraud, corruption or misunderstanding or whatever, is it what government is expected to do? Is it good for society? Do we have to accept?
Third but not last point of my thread is that it is quite pointless for leaders to talk about dedication to reducing environmental pollution while they ignore the street lamps and other outdoor useless lamps issue.