The most famous landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, is set to go dark early as the French capital seeks to save energy amid Europe's energy crisis,The tower's lights have given the"Iron Lady" her golden glow since 1958. Its 20,000 bulbs also twinkle for five minutes on the hour, every hour.
But City Hall is expected this week to propose turning off the tower's lights more than an hour early at 11.45 p.m, when the last visitors leave, to save electricity. Jean-François Martins, the head of the tower's management, told The Guardian:"It's a highly symbolic gesture – part of the growing awareness around energy sobriety."The move is seen as a way to set an example for the reduction of city illumination in general as countries brace for the coming winter.
Meanwhile, Marseille, another big city in France, will turn off the lights of some monuments like the Pharo Palace from the end of September, according to The Guardian. and turned off lights to save energy.The last time the tower's lights were turned off was following terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.Subscribe to push notifications
Positive, no point to waste electricity & have light pollution at night. :-)
Just tell people it’s for the Queen
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Lmao. Thats what you get with your BS green initiatives
There is light from the sun and another from putin