Interesting news and article from Mike Lockwood:
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Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:06 pm (PDT).
Some time ago I worked with my local electric cooperative, which provides my power, to get my neighbor's unshielded light replaced with a more efficient fixture, and to eliminate the light trespass that it was causing on my property. I wrote an article about this for my web site some time ago, and it is here:
http://www.loptics.com/intheshop/shop43.html
As a result of this interaction, recently the coop asked to write an article about good lighting for their monthly newsletter. I finished it up last week, and you can view the pdf version here:
http://www.loptics.com/documents/EIE...ng_2016_05.pdf
As I understand it, the coop is now only installing shielded LED fixtures in place of the old mercury and high-pressure sodium vapor fixtures that it used to do for dusk-to-dawn lights.
This is a big deal, and could really help reduce light pollution over coming years as the old fixtures are replaced.
Please feel free to show the article to your local electric provider if you think it will help you out in any way.
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Mike Lockwood
Lockwood Custom Optics
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Sadly, the battle has long since been lost in northern Israel.
Best wishes everyone
Eric