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Great, not only do they want us to leave our cars in the garage, they want us to walk in the dark.
The author has a point. When I was a kid, I could see stars at night. Now all I can see is a sickly purplish - yellowish glow in the sky. I'm lucky to even see the moon any more. It's never dark anymore where I live. Never.
Have they considered issuing them tickets? That'll teach 'em.
Correct. They want to let mountain lions and snake roam free in our neighborhoods. If they kill some one, they don't care and if the crime rate skyrockets, they love that too.
So much for the "progessive revolution"
As a nocturnal creature myself (a vampire) I have a serious problem with UV lights...
It's all President Bush's fault!
I grew up in the middle of a desert in the middle of nowhere 30 years ago and the mocking birds sang all night when we were out camping. Don't think it's the lights.
OH NO we are all going to die. The sky has fallen.
"In places where they compete with bat species that avoid the light, they might enjoy an unfair advantage - possibly contributing to the decline of the darkness-loving species."
Isn't this what scientists would refer to as "natural selection", or "survival of the fittest"? Use of the term "unfair advantage" seems a bit biased towards the dark side.
Adapt or DIE.
Not even liberal infected California will turn off the lights.
Apparantly the animals are leaving on their own accord-no resettlement programs-no state sponsored trapping...
So whats the problem?
My new Iranian neighbors across the street must be paranoid. They installed 3 guard lights in their front yard and the lights are keeping ME awake at night.
"As for those mockingbirds, males seeking mates sing at night anyway, light pollution or not. "After he finds a girl, he'll stop - unless you have the lights on," Longcore said. In that case, the bird will keep on singing. "He'll be defending his territory," he said."
The only pitiable creature in the mix and he's too stupid to matter.
We are forced to do our astronomy over the internet since there is not much left of night sky. But, the population of earth is tending to run 24/7 anyway, including humans, so natural life is pretty much of historical interest anymore. Maybe they can capture some night and put it in a zoo so the kids can learn about it.