If you think about how we lived in the days before electricity, candle light was enough for us to navigate about our houses at night. So why do we need floodlights inside and out to duplicate the daylight?  

I am not suggesting we all go off the grid and not use computers or TV or anything else that is convenient – I am merely saying that we have the technology available to cut our electricity consumption so we should use it!   We only need solar powered arrival lights, inside and out – as well as solar powered night lights. The security lights should have motion sensors so that they only work when they are really needed.

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