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Better streetlights to free up grid
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tonybelding
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I've been a member of the International Dark-Sky Association for years.
I've noticed in my town most new constructions -- the new hospital, the new Alco store -- have shielded lights around their buildings and parking lots. It's a step in the right direction. However, most of the street lights around town are the same old super-cheap, inefficient, glare-in-your-eyes designs from the 1960s.
Some of them have been switched from mercury vapor lamps to sodium lamps (yellow tint), which increases the efficiency a bit. There's still a long way to go, and basically I don't expect any big change unless the city can get some kind of grant from the state. Our local leaders love grant money: looking for grant money and applying for grants is basically all they do.
That's why we have a new hospital, and a new high school, and a large new sports complex, and a new park, and a new library. . . none of which our town actually needed, while our water lines and street paving, neglected for decades, continue to crumble.
I've noticed in my town most new constructions -- the new hospital, the new Alco store -- have shielded lights around their buildings and parking lots. It's a step in the right direction. However, most of the street lights around town are the same old super-cheap, inefficient, glare-in-your-eyes designs from the 1960s.
Some of them have been switched from mercury vapor lamps to sodium lamps (yellow tint), which increases the efficiency a bit. There's still a long way to go, and basically I don't expect any big change unless the city can get some kind of grant from the state. Our local leaders love grant money: looking for grant money and applying for grants is basically all they do.
That's why we have a new hospital, and a new high school, and a large new sports complex, and a new park, and a new library. . . none of which our town actually needed, while our water lines and street paving, neglected for decades, continue to crumble.
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