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I'm not going to blame pre BC humans for needing light, especially when nocturnal creatures existed. If anything this is an absolute win, we are still burning something in order to produce light, but what we burn is way less of a pollutant than wood.


I'm referring to light pollution, not the power source.

It used to be that if you saw light at night, you knew humans were there - now we light millions of uninhabited acres.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=rWBCyNMfCAE


SHIFTLOCKERDUDE

2 months ago

Tornado took it down last night

Sounds like someone somewhere also didn't like it ...


What uninhabited land do we light up? Not familiar with what you’re referring to.


Freeways, parking lots, commercial skyscrapers at night, storage facilities, etc


From the GP:

> millions of uninhabited acres.

Is my closet “uninhabited” when I’m not using it? If so, then yes, these are definitely some examples.


I was thinking of all the street lamps on completely empty roads in the middle of nowhere.




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