RANT- Sodium lights in the country!!!!!!!

[Wcross]

Ok, you have decided to "move to the country" and build a McMansion on 20 acres or whatever. You want to "get back to nature" yada..yada.yada.....
Why in the hell did you install those sodium lights all around your freaking house????
Every year it seems my night sky is a little lighter, in the winter time I see your silly lights and feel a little bit more crowded.
It is the country- ITS SUPPOSED TO BE DARK AT NIGHT! If you need to see whats out there after dark get a freakin flashlight! If you are afraid of people "sneaking up on you" get a freaking dog.

Grow up, nightlights are for children. You are wasting energy and making it harder and harder to see the stars at night. (bastards!)

Rant over.

[GreenArrow]

1. I'm with you

I live in the city now, which is even worse, but when I did live in the country, I wanted to see the stars and sky, a view which was spoiled by people's damn insecurity lights.

Bastards indeed.

[Deep13]

2. damn straight

What about those mercury vapor things. These supernova-in-a-bulb things don't do anything anyway. Omnidirectional light causes ones eyes to become daylight adapted making everthing but the lamp hard to see. If exterior lighting is necessary, it should be directed to the ground and rigged with motion dectors. We don't have unshaded lamps in our houses do we? Don't on-coming high-beams make it hard to see? Anyway, there is no evidence that exterior lighting reduces crime. For all we know, it just illuminates the target for criminals. It is as you say, a psychological security blanket for adults.

I live in formerly rural now fucking suburban Ohio. I have to drive five hours to PA for truly dark skies. There isn't a square inch of OH that is not effected by light pollution. Even so, low-level glare from nearby sources is far worse than the urban sky glow. I got the Garage Lamp Cluster across the street, the Blue Vapor Nebula next door and in winter, the Christmas Light Galaxy. The Milky Way hasn't got a chance.

Think about joining the International Dark Sky Association.

http://www.darksky.org/