The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

[Keith Davis]

Better not play hide and seek with Joseph, then!


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:18 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm mostly concerned with not getting mugged.
>
>
> On Friday, September 6, 2013, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:
>
>>
>> > Crime and cockroaches like dark in the City. <
>>
>> At least you didn't write "criminals and cockroaches" ... I mean, are you
>> really in agreement with zero tolerance urban policy kicking out junkies,
>> sex workers and the homeless?
>>
>> No offense intended.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06.09.2013 04:10, David Morris wrote:
>>
>>> Oops  "Send"
>>>
>>> Lights in the City are required for survival.  Crime and cockroaches
>>> like dark in the City.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 5, 2013, David Morris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>>>
>>>         I live in Vermont about 500 yards from the nearest steetlamp
>>>         and maybe twice that from the highway that passes through
>>>         town.  Having lived in many rural places I treasure the
>>>         unimpeded starlight and the blackness of an overcast evening.
>>>         The only noise is the small volume of traffic on our road and
>>>         the creek across the street.   A few of us have helped prevent
>>>         more lights from going up in town and argued to reduce what we
>>>         have or get lamps that are efficient and direct the light
>>>         down.  When one flies the sheer volume of energy being used on
>>>         excessive light is disturbing even though the patterns are
>>>         visually entrancing.
>>>
>>>
>>


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