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Sleek Solar and Wind-Powered Hybrid Street Lamps

inhabitat.com — Designed and manufactured by Urban Green Energy, these solar/wind-powered street lamps are mounted upon a standard galvanized steel pole that can be made locally and easily swapped with older street lamps. The lamps use renewable energy to provide light and are capable of operating completely off-grid.

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  • StigNordas, on 07/13/2009, -1/+8Makes perfect sense but man those things are fugly.
  • shadowspawn, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4I make ***** to run "off the grid" as a hobby. Traveling in 3rd world countries, you learn to makeshift stuff in the weirdest ways.

    "As long as it works" is key. "As long as there's someone to fix it when it doesn't" is more important, mind you.
  • hiPpymIck, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4urban wind isnt very strong - too many buildings in the way

    these designer dudes ought to get better scientific advice
    before they put pen to paper

    - otherwise it just qualifies as Greenwash
  • lettruthout, on 07/13/2009, -0/+4I like their design, but the solar cells would operate a lot more efficiently if they were better angled to face the sun.
  • repaul20, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4People have to get over the fact that wind turbines are going to be part of our everyday landscape, and just deal. I am sure they will find an aesthetic solution we can all live with.
  • swyyne, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3Smart and sleek.
  • thestrongrope, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3If these things don't cost to much to install and are easy to maintain I am all for getting more of these things up in suburban and urban areas. As long as they can sufficiently utilize what wind is able to find its way into those areas
  • personalspace, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2Those things are works of art compared to the pieces of ***** they have on my street.
  • inactive, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Yeah, I hope they redesign these before the actual implementation.
  • janinekahn, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Really? I've seen fuglier lamp posts. These things aren't too much of an eye strain.
  • Falldog, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1If anything they should just put solar cells on top of street lamps. It'd certainly cost less and require less manpower to maintain than thousands of these things spread throughout a city.
  • mrgreenjeans, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1"You eat pieces of ***** for breakfast?"
  • KLINGERATHO, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1I love this I would like to continue posting more things in real estate and real estate sector. http://elmundosegunklinger.blogspot.com/
  • inactive, on 07/14/2009, -0/+0Nicely said.

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