4 ms·
I'd been doing some thinking several months ago on how to incentivize control of light pollution at the county or city level. A possible solution might involve
by patcon 12y ago
I'd been doing some thinking several months ago on how to incentivize control of light pollution at the county or city level. A possible solution might involve a country using satellite imagery to determine some metric for light pollution, and giving municipalities tax breaks or funding from a pot for bringing it down.
EDIT: It could even be an independent organization, using donated commercial satellite capacity and rewards for the top X localities improving their ranking.
- therealdrag0 12y agoI just read NDT's Death By Black Hole [0] in which he mentions some cities like New York waste millions of dollars a year on the energy that sends light skyward. So the incentive is there, it's probably they have failed to be long term thinking enough to eat the upfront installation costs until the the reduced overhead pays off 5 years later or w/e. [0]http://smile.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/dp/039335038X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417571568&sr=8-1&keywords=death+by+black+hole http://smile.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/d...
- digisign 12y agoAn effective way, though unpopular, would be to significantly increase the price of electricity and light bulbs. The fixtures the article talks about are important also.