The light pollution here in town...
So, I've been living here for almost 15 years in total. And, the light pollution from the storage buildings and automotive sales lots, aswell as basically every single business in town that has a parking lot of even the smallest capacity, is absurd.
I'm not a business owner, I dont know the first thing about security, I'm completely clueless when it comes to regulations and rules and statutes in place to keep Lubbock safe during the night while everyone sleeps. But, with the advancements in technology at this point in human history, surely, surely we can do something to reduce the light pollution (as well as what will surely be a strain on electrical grid eventually with all the data centers going up everywhere.)
I know a lot about home security, I know lights can be set to turn on at the first sign of movement, I know night vision/IR cameras aren't like they used to be. You can get incredibly crisp, super high resolution video feed relatively affordably as a regular consumer. The money spent by these companies in town with lights brighter than the sun (looking at you Mears and Scoggin-Dickey) for what I can only assume is for security couldn't be spent on updating their infrastructure 1 time to reduce the cost of their electricity bill and ultimately improve security?
Is it not possible for something to be done? I'm not trying to incite an argument with my words. Frankly, if its not obvious from my post, I'm very ignorant about why things are the way they are and if anything I'd love to learn from this post. Thanks for reading!