Last week I was in the middle of nowhere. Actually somewhere on the border of Virginia and West Virginia. It sure seemed like nowhere. I was parked right off a US highway. There was little or no traffic. The nearest "big" city was hundreds of miles away. And right next to the little truck stop where I was parked, was a car dealership. Lot full. Nobody was there doing anything. But hundred of lights were blaring in the night - all night. What a complete waste of good electricity.
I was told that, perhaps, these dealerships need to leave all these lights on all night for security reasons. And that "they" get some kind of "special" discount from the utility company. Well, despite all the lights, that night, in the middle of what seemed like nowhere, I could have easily stolen any of the vehicles on the lot. And a price break on the power bill? I don't care. Turn them all off. You can most likely see these dealerships from Mars or Venus. Maybe up there “they” have the money to buy one of these overprices gas guzzlers.
We're about to "give" these folks $15 billion dollars to "rescue" the mismanaged auto industry. The least they can do is park the corporate aircraft, lower the bloated fat-cat executive salaries and turn off the damn lights!
The photo credit is: Bizerk-Landmark Ford-Lights
