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Having lights on/off at night could easily be a cultural pattern, security measure, etc. Think most telling thing to me is that democracies very clear extract
by O__________O 4y ago
Having lights on/off at night could easily be a cultural pattern, security measure, etc.
Think most telling thing to me is that democracies very clear extract value from non-democracies. Yes, economic dependencies are likely net positive, but it doesn’t change the fact that to my knowledge there are no “pure” democratic countries. While I am 100% sure the non-democracies would continue to exist without the democracies, unclear to me if the democracies would as is be able to exist without the non-democracies.
- vidarh 4y agoYes, but unless those cultural patterns change differently over time, you should still be able to get estimates of growth from them.
- JPLeRouzic 4y agoI agree, I live in Brittany, west of France, yet roads lights are off at night (and as someone with an interest in night sky I appreciate it)
- unbalancedevh 4y agoWhen are the lights used, if not at night?
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- O__________O 4y ago>> “Reasons include the high, and still rising cost of energy, and the negative effects of light pollution on biodiversity” SOURCE: https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Why-some-French-towns-are-switching-off-their-street-lights-at-night https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Why-some...
- benj111 4y ago>there are no “pure” democratic countries. How are you defining democratic to rule out all countries we class as democratic? Further this statement undermines the statement about democracies being unable to exist without non democracies. If there are no democracies the problem is hypothetical at best. And I'm not even sure I agree with that idea. Democracies tend to be richer yes. That doesn't mean they're exploiting the non democracies.