Sorry I just had to do this.

[ngauger]

The curious thing about government: Yes, butget cuts caused them to turn off the light. But, budget cuts also slowed things down (as alwways), including the speed of light. So, even though the light was turned off, we won't actually see that it has been turned off for a few more years!

Are you saying that the tunnel is actually more than a few Light Years long???

That's well more than 200 Million Miles!!!! Of course, that depends on "how much" they slowed it down