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[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

They have even taken the damn sodium lamps from us though... I loathe the LED streetlight color output.

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

Complain to your city council. They can make LEDs any color now.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 24 points 6 months ago

They even make bright LEDS with 592nm frequency light (the same that sodium vapor bulbs give off).

Such a narrow band was great because it meant your rods did most of the work.

You can literally see better in the orange light.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

There's also awesome new streetlights which will fade off when there's no traffic and fade back on when a car comes through, adjusting the brightness depending on the quantity of tradfic

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Any city that has already paid to install them is not likely to pay again to change the color.

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

They can just replace them as the old ones die, and use the better color in new installations

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 months ago

It’s bad for wildlife, too. Not that sodium lights were fantastic, but brighter and less focused is more disruptive.

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