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Pantzini, Not sure the answer to your question is self-apparent. You can get LED night lights that use only 1W of electricity. So is it more energy efficient to turn on a 60W bulb for 10 minutes as needed or to leave the 1W bulb on for 8 hours? Turns out the nightlight uses less energy in that scenario.

I agree that US energy consumption is out of control overall, but I think the humble night light is the least of our worries. And stubbed toes are no fun.

Elissa,

Sounds like you have a lease, so you should look at your lease to see what it says about notice requirements. If you don't have a lease (and assuming you're in NYC), the landlord is required to give you 30 days notice to terminate the tenancy under § 232-a of the Real Property Law.

I think this is a thoughtful and measured response to what was obviously a growing problem. One of the most difficult things for any web forum like this one is striking a balance in the comments. Some don't allow comments at all, some edit or limit, and some allow a total free-for-all. Allowing a free-for-all always seems to result in some people taking advantage of the anonymity and being rude or inappropriate.

Some restrictions in a forum like this make sense, just as it makes sense for a restaurant to throw out a customer who is picking fights with the other customers or a party host to ask a rowdy party guest who is insulting the other guests to leave the party. Nothing Maxwell and the AT team do here is infringing on anyone's rights to free speech rights -- because AT isn't the government -- any more than the party host compromises the obnoxious guest's right to free speech by kicking him out of the party. I think this is especially true because the vitality of the AT community depends on this being a civil space where people want to keep coming back.

I for one think it makes sense for AT to be an environment where civility is valued, encouraged, and (when necessary) enforced.