On any given night you can see nine bright lights at the end of our street.= Two streetlights from the city light up the end of our street. Our townhou= se has one to light the front steps of the building and it's brighter than = the street lights. There is also a second townhouse light about three units= down that is very bright too. Across from our patio, on the other side of = the street, below one of the streetlights are two driveway lights. Those ar= e bright enough to reach inside our living room on the opposite side of the= street. And finally, there are two parking lot lights, similar to the stre= et lights, also at the end of our street.=20 So the question has to be asked: Why do we need nine very bright lights to = do what three could do? The city could easily drop one of the two street lamps. Our townhouse could= put one smaller light instead of the two large pot lights. The neighbour a= cross the street could turn off one of their lights, maybe both. The parkin= g lot only needs one of those very bright pole lights. So there is no real "night" at the end of our street. You could easily read= a book walking from one end to the other at midnight. We all need to get together and syncronize our lighting projects to save so= me electricity, don't we?
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11 years ago