When green goes black

[sirs]

You really can't make this stuff up.  I was going to put it on the sports section, but being its relation to the global warming proclamations, I thought I'd post it here.
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If you watched the Super Bowl last night then you noticed the 35-minute long power outage that happened right in the middle of the game. But it wasn't the weather that caused the power outage, rather a lack of power feeding into the stadium.

The Super Bowl, the biggest U.S. sports event of the year, was interrupted by a 35-minute power outage at the Superdome on Sunday, and officials said the problem appeared to be with the electrical load coming into the stadium.

After a half-time show by the singer Beyonce heavy on electric lights, Baltimore opened the second half with a 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that gave the Ravens a 28-6 lead early in the third quarter. Moments later, the scoreboard and half of the overheard lights in the Superdome went out.

Just one day before the big game, the Department of Energy was happily touting Super Bowl XLVII as the "greenest" Super Bowl in history. An article titled "Super Bowl City Leads on Energy Efficient Forefront," was posted on Energy.gov February 2. The best parts are bolded below.

While the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers compete to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy this weekend, eco-friendly fans and city leaders in New Orleans are competing to maximize sustainability practices to the fullest.

To make this the greenest Super Bowl, the New Orleans Host Committee has partnered with fans and the community to offset energy use across the major Super Bowl venues. The exterior of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome features more than 26,000 LED lights on 96 full-color graphic display panels, designed to wash the building in a spectrum of animated colors, patterns and images. The system draws only 10 kilowatts of electricity -- equivalent to the amount of energy used by a small home -- and the lights are expected to last for many years before needing replacement.

Off the football field, New Orleans is embracing energy efficiency with help from the Energy Department. The city retrofitted four libraries using an integrative design approach -- adding motion sensor lights, energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, and upgrades to the building envelopes. These improvements helped cut the libraries’ energy costs by 30 percent and serve as a standard for other city-owned buildings. New Orleans streets feature more than 1,200 energy-efficient light fixtures. In addition to saving the city money on energy costs -- an estimated $70,000 annually -- the new lights help the city reduce routine maintenance due to their longer lifespan.

Embracing energy efficiency and renewable energy is having a profound impact on attracting developers and private industry in the New Orleans’ re-building efforts. The push to re-invent this destination city contributes to making Sunday’s game the greenest in Super Bowl history.

You just can't make this stuff up.

[kimba1]

It makes sense to me almost everytime i've seen a new tech introduced an outage tends to follow. It happens in most of the building remodels . The bus system in my town had a new computer system introduced ten yesrs ago and the very first day it crashed and shut the whole light rail line for the day.

[sirs]

 

[Xavier_Onassis]

All new technologies will involve some problems at the onset. The first automobiles broke down and caught fire and many people snickered and expressed the thought that horses, mules and oxen were God's way of transportation, even though many cities were ankle deep in horse, mule and ox crap.

Same deal here.

The super bowl is of little importance. LEDs are the lighting of the future.