Re: Killer Lights

On 30 Aug 2006 12:26:05 -0700, dk@xxxxxxxx wrote:

You said "locally". That certainly precludes the *vast majority* of
areas. Don't claim otherwise unless you can demonstrate validity
beyond your "local" experience.

I made no such claim. You asked for a first hand example and I provided
one (well, two).

However, the IDA newsletter regularly reports similar "local" success
stories all around the country.

It appears to me that light pollution _is_ becoming a national issue and
that things are improving. More cities, counties, and states are
incorporating lighting control ordinances into their codes. However,
existing lighting is nearly always grandfathered, so we can expect
visible change on a large scale to take a long time- many years.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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