tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post4394146592552740348..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-58167567244643023272008-04-16T09:23:00.000+12:002008-04-16T09:23:00.000+12:00"The recent campaign urging people to turn off the..."The recent campaign urging people to turn off their lights was a futile and stupid gesture by environmentalists."<BR/><BR/>Tell it to the Governor of New Jersey. I drove a rental van to Ikea (furniture megastore) from NYC last night. Besides the Holland tunnel no longer being available (from NJ to NY but just fine from NY to NJ) to VANS (no cabbed truck, just a v-a-n) even though it listed the toll for real trucks as $8...so I had to burn twice as much gas to find the Lincoln tunnel and then drive twice as far within the city....<BR/><BR/>New Jersey has TURNED OFF AT LEAST 80% of its highway and highway-sign lights!!! So here I am, having to use my "brights" just to see where I'm going. As I'm feeling old due to bad eyesight, I start to notice mile upon mile of dormant highway lights!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com