Post Office Generator Spews Smoke
Those who know me know that I am not an environmentalist. I detest those whackos who try to shove everything down your throat as an environmental problem. I don’t believe that humans are causing global warming and I believe that environmental quality is improving across the world. I believe that environmental friendliness is a direct result of economic advancement. All of that said, I saw something last night that made me cringe.
We had a two hour power outage last night. I find out after the fact that it was a schedule outage for our area of the island. The CUC(Commonwealth Utilities Commission) needed to replace a brushing or something like that. After the power went off, I woke up. No fans or air con in the tropics can do that to you. It wasn’t bad sitting out on the front porch so I pulled out a chair and sat out there for two hours.
It was lighted thanks to the Post Office lights. See, the USPS Post Office has a generator that kicks in automatically when power goes out. It keeps the lights and air conditioning on and functioning. Yes, the diesel generator kicked in from 1:30 AM until 3:30 AM to ensure that the post office was lighted and air conditioned.
In case you were wondering, no one was at the post office at that hour and the post office generator was belching out smoke. I see no point in having it running at that time. I think it’s a waste of money and a waste of the environment. I understand they may need the lights at night, but a solar power solution would be cheap and effective over the long run.
And there would be no smelling diesel exhaust.
Tags: environment, post office, Saipan
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