The Queensland town of Winton has been certified as an International Dark Sky Community.
The town has committed to managing its light pollution and installed warm bulbs in its streetlights.
Winton Shire Council and tourism operators believe the certification will attract stargazers wanting to experience the natural night sky.
There’s no reason why LEDs can’t mimic sodium lights, they just dont because the boomers buying them were raised on the belief that cooler and brighter is better.
What is it with Boomers and the ugliest light, I’ve been to some houses where their house was literally lit like a news studio at fucking 8 at night, like i have no idea how they ever sleep. It was beyond disturbing
Went to visit my family over the holidays and they had replaced the lights in my old bedroom (a fan with 4 sockets) with 4x 150-W-equivalent cold-as-ice LEDs. I turned the lights on and immediately was blinded.
I turned around, went to home depot, and bought 4x 40-W equivalent warm-as-possible LEDs and made the swap. We’ll see what’s there next time I visit - I may have started a silent war.
Most standard street lighting comes in 4000K for some reason. It’s completely dumb. I’ve spoken to Melbourne City council about this many times but there’s a perception (an incorrect one) that 4000K feels ‘safer’.
We should all be actually using PC Amber LED chips but noooooo… Too ‘expensive’.
Also all LEDs should have lens optics and move away from reflectors to get a wide range of beam angles to prevent glare and other bad stuff that comes with using LEDs.
And we should also be doing proper disposal of LEDs once they die because they’re essentially little computers.
… Ok, rant over.