How many lightbulbs does it take .....

From ENN --

Lighting is a relatively heavy demand on the electricity grid, taking up around 19 percent. Annual carbon generated because of this amounts to 1,500 million tonnes, equivalent to pollution of more than half of the world's light passenger vehicles.


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The second major advance in lighting technology is the light-emitting diode (LED), which uses up to 85 percent less electricity than an incandescent bulb. Although LEDs are the ultimate in lighting efficiency, they are still too costly for most uses. They are rapidly taking over several niche markets, however, such as traffic lights, where they now have 52 percent of the U.S. market, and exit signs in buildings, where they hold 88 percent of U.S. sales. New York City has replaced traditional bulbs with LEDs in many of its traffic lights, cutting its annual bill for maintenance and electricity by $6 million. In early 2009, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city would replace its 140,000 street lights with LEDs, saving taxpayers $48 million over the next seven years. The resulting reduction in carbon emissions would be like taking 7,000 cars off the road.

BP and Endangered Species

BP Blocks Attempt to Save Endangered Sea Turtles from Oil Spill

A shrimp boat captain in Louisiana hired by BP was blocked from rescuing juvenile Kemp's ridleys that were covered in oil in the Gulf waters. He was captured on video saying that the turtles are being collected in the clean-up efforts and burned up like so much ocean debris with other marine life gathering along tide lines where oil also congregates.

He witnessed BP workers burning turtles caught in the oil booms. Rescue efforts are being ended tomorrow.

STRP's Gulf Director Carole Allen responded to the news by saying "The burning of boom and oil when even one sea turtle was seen in the water is a despicable crime."

STRP's Chris Pincetich has been in communication with both the reporter who shot the interview and the Captain who witnessed the illegal killing of sea turtles, and is making arrangements to ensure that sea turtle rescue efforts are not stopped, and can be performed in areas with boomed oil.

Death by fire in the gulf
So-called burn boxes are torching oil from the water's surface at the sacrifice of turtles, crabs, sea slugs and other sea life.

But the burn operations have proved particularly excruciating for the turtle researchers, who have been trolling the same lines of oil and seaweed as the boom boats, hoping to pull turtles out of the sargassum before they are burned alive.

Much of the wildlife here seems doomed in any case. "We've seen the oil covering the turtles so thick they could barely move, could hardly lift their heads," Witherington said. "I won't pretend to know which is the nastiest."

"Turtles just take a long time to die."

Gulf whale found dead by scientists south of rig

In a troubling sign for the Gulf of Mexico's marine mammals, researchers this week found a dead sperm whale floating 77 miles south of the Deepwater Horizon rig site, where some 2.5 million gallons of oil are erupting daily from a mile deep.

Gary Conklin Dairy Farm, Plain City, Ohio

Please sign the PETITION --

SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY!!!

SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AT 12939 US HIGHWAY 42 IN N PLAIN CITY, OHIO IMMEDIATELY AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE!!!

Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024) and his crew were filmed by Mercy For Animals committing horrific acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture. During these horrific acts, ALL of the offenders were filmed laughing and joking about how they enjoy torturing these poor animals.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Gary Conklin, of Conklin Dairy Cattle Sales LLC, said Tuesday night in an e-mailed statement. ''We will not condone animal abuse on our farm.''

I have watched the video in it's entirety. Gary Conklin is on the video (at the 1:25 counter) and he is clearly abusing a cow. Gary Conklin is kicking the cow in the face, head and neck numerous times with extreme force!!! His claims of not condoning abuse can only be described as an out and out BOLD FACED LIE!!!

Sign this petition and demand that Gary Conklin and his crew be arrested and charged with Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture and that Conklin Dairy Farms in N Plain City, Ohio be immediately shut down!!!

"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
~ Joan E Loza Mobry

SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AT 12939 US HIGHWAY 42 IN N PLAIN CITY, OHIO IMMEDIATELY AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE!!!




Petition Text

SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH EXTREME ANIMAL CR
Dear Elected Officials,

Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024) and his crew were filmed by Mercy For Animals committing horrific acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture. During these horrific acts, ALL of the offenders were filmed laughing and joking about how they enjoy torturing these poor animals.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!

This is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTkM1OHFQg&feature=player_embedded#!

Please watch the video and see for yourself just how cruel and sadistic these horrific acts of violence against innocent animals are. I assure you that you will be equally shocked and horrified by these sadistic acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture THIS MUST END NOW!!!

Gary Conklin, of Conklin Dairy Cattle Sales LLC, said Tuesday night in an e-mailed statement. "We will not condone animal abuse on our farm."

I have watched the video in it's entirety. Gary Conklin is on the video (at the 1:25 counter) and he is clearly abusing a cow. Gary Conklin is kicking the cow in the face, head and neck numerous times with extreme force!!! His claims of not condoning abuse can only be described as an out and out BOLD FACED LIE!!!

We The Undersigned Are Alarmed And Shocked That These Acts Of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty And Extreme Animal Torture Have Occurred And That They Have Been Allowed To Continue!!!

We The Undersigned Demand That CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AT 12939 US HIGHWAY 42 IN N PLAIN CITY, OHIO IS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND THAT GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW ARE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE!!!

We The Undersigned Demand That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Are Found Guilty Of EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE And That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Receive The MAXIMUM PENALTY Allowed By Law!!!

We The Undersigned Request That These Poor Abused And Tortured Animals Be Sent To An Animal Sanctuary Where They Can Live Out The Remainder Of Their Lives Free From Acts Of Animal Abuse, Animal Cruelty And Animal Torture.

"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
~ Joan E Loza Mobry

Thank You For You Prompt And Direct Attention To This Very Serious Matter.

Respectfully,
Joan E Loza Mobry
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