No one chooses it...
No one understands it...
Yet every one comments when it changes!
Couldn't help thinking this week why this is? Why does nobody understand where these mystical lights in the sky come from?
I guess the answer is because they do not need to... The general public do not need to understand the amount of time, effort and (their!) money is spent on working within this world.
Many people tell of stories where a local road has be deemed suitable for an eventual upgrade to a modern light source and luminaire but when completed the locals hate the result. People can no longer see to put their keys in the front door or have a front garden plunged into darkness as a result of a more energy efficient product.
People are in uproar when the idea of turning off 'their' street lights is proposed but are the same people who would never consider venturing out during the times they are proposed to be off.
The image above comes from an article available here regarding the pollution from lighting.
Just want to straighten one thing out... lighting is not a pollutant, it's a nuisance! It may have adverse effects on its surroundings but, like sound, it is just annoying. Dumping millions of tons of oil off the coast of America is pollutions, not lighting. Yes, a waste of money, no wont kill me!
So, have we become a society that is never happy? We don't want the sky pollution so we can look at the stars but we do also need to see our front gardens!
We are annoyed by the amount of money spent every year on electricity bills but get up in arms when something is done to make a difference?
My solution... Leave 'em all on all night and make all of the general public (me included) swap to solar powered heating or something! It would pay for it's self in a matter of years and we will still feel safe about seeing people lurking in our gardens!
If you have any thoughts on this topic, please leave a comment below and we can collectively put the world to rights!
Scott.
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