Cyril Haearn wrote:It has been going for a few years, in that time I have noticed many more unnecessary lights burning in bright daylight
Each generation of new cars is bigger, wider, heavier
On the plus side most of those lights are now LED and the overall burden on the grid is a *lot* less than it was.
So whilst I wouldn't defend folk leaving lights on needlessly (most of the lighting in my house is 'intelligent') we shouldn't also ignore the bigger picture.
As for cars, again not defending folks needs to own ever bigger cars (I spent my 'family' years with 4 of us stuck into an original mini) we shouldn't forget modern cars are vastly cleaner and safer, so much so that improvements have generally outpaced the issues created.
TBH I think the "lights left on" and "bigger cars" are probably two of the more trivial issues we face, if only progress in other areas matched these then we'd have more reason to be optimistic.