Wall Street Journal Takes on International Dark Sky Association
Craig DiLouieJanuary 6, 2010
Give me glare or give me death!
The Wall Street Journal paints the International Dark Sky Association as Big Brother in Eric Felten’s opinion piece here. Once again, lighting takes a backseat to politics, but perhaps not in the way Felten thinks. In the lighting industry, we often hope for lighting issues to enter the public consciousness. But once they do, they are immediately framed in ideological terms. Instead of asking, “Are CFLs an equivalent technology to incandescent?”, the debate is instead cast as a battle of survival of the human species versus economic liberty. And now, instead of asking, “What is good outdoor lighting?”, we are told a story of a battle between rugged individualists and oppressive village governments intent on currying favor with the Dark Sky folks.
IDA has published a sample list of lighting ordinances here.
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