Wasting Energy

We as a family have come to the conclusion the main reason for shops/businesses leaving lights on at night is for advertising reasons. That being said I have a feeling if we confronted a business owner to justify the wasted energy usage of leaving lights on during night hours when there is no way for the passing public to purchase products/services they will use security as an argument.

We think this is a poor argument for many lights left on for the following reasons.

The argument must be something like. Burglars etc… are less likely to break in or vandalise a shop/business if it is well lit and if someone does break in the general public (police etc…) will see the perpetrators more easily from outside if it’s well lit.

We live in the small seaside town of Skegness, and since an operation on my lower back (fused my spine after years of pain) I’ve been working on improving my fitness through walking around Skegness. Currently built up to around a mile or so walk a day, can finally get to the beach and back, which is much better than just walking around the block. Since my back (whole body) tends to hurt less late evening/night I’ve found we are tending to go for my daily walk at night in the dark sometimes.