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And stores and businesses leaving the lights on inside, even at night when the place is closed and nobody is there. And lighting up their entire giant parking lot all night as well, all night every night, even though they're only open during hours of darkness for a few hours each day.
I know it's not that much energy in the grand scheme of things, especially now that everything is LED. But still, their complete disregard for energy savings -- such that they can't be bothered to install a simple timer circuit -- irritates me.
(I suspect that they're also leaving the HVAC running at full capacity overnight as well. That might be a more significant waste of energy.)
Exactly, and that's just one example of massive waste. Another one is the fact that around half the food produced is just thrown away because it's just more 'efficient' to do that. Capitalism is an absolutely insane system.
HVAC is not left on over the weekends in most office buildings in NYC. There are incentives and certifications and standards that drive that.
Those lights are for safety and to deter break-ins.