Why don't the big neon signs on office buildings get turned off? Wouldn't this save electricity?

Question

Why don't the big neon signs on office buildings get turned off? Wouldn't this save electricity?

Answer 1

Hi,

great question.

as if we don't waste enough electricity.

ask your mayor, make a request.  ask your congressmen, governor, etc...

Answer 2

i think its so when people go by at night they can tell what place it is, so if they ever wanna go there or need to go there they know that that place has one

Answer 3

What a question.

Yes, this would save energy. So would countless other solutions. However, our country has proven too lazy and or greedy to implement even the simplest changes into our daily lives.

No store/building is going to invest all that money into their  little sign and then willingly give up all the advertising  and visibility it gets from people driving by all night, especially when the "other guy" somewhere else gets to leave his on.

Unfortunately, it's all about what is most convenient or practical for the person in question, even if that ultimately means having the Earth basically melt into oblivion.

Answer 4

Right on! I feel like a lot of companies waste so much in not only electricity but water, paper and even food ( they could send this to some shelter) I try to make a point of turning off every switch I see if what it controls is not being used. I find less and less people using any common sense but complaining more about waste.

Answer 5

sounds like you want to turn off America

Answer 6

Duh, whoever is paying for that sign, is paying so people can see it.

Would you pay thousands of dollars for advertising space no-one would see?

What if the sign said "Conserve Energy" would you want to turn that one off?

Answer 7

Absolutely!

The times they are a changing, and LED's and compliance with global climate change initiatives will necessitate we start doing things differently.  "Business as Usual" displays with  big city lights in the dead of night is just wasteful.

On a smaller scale, I am amazed at how many of my neighbors leave their porch lights on all night.  Over even a small area, this adds up as a lot of wasted energy.