So then why do we light streets in cities damn near everywhere else?MiM wrote:They might have invented headlights for carsGawdzilla Sama wrote:The scary thing there is the lack of street lights. Do they not drive at night? Or do they just have no funds to light the streets?Faithfree wrote:I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.Faithfree wrote:Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?
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Because we can't afford a police in every corner, keeping the hoodlums at bayGawdzilla Sama wrote:So then why do we light streets in cities damn near everywhere else?MiM wrote:They might have invented headlights for carsGawdzilla Sama wrote:The scary thing there is the lack of street lights. Do they not drive at night? Or do they just have no funds to light the streets?Faithfree wrote:I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.Faithfree wrote:Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?

Streetlights in cities, and major highways are obviously beneficial in many ways, but I find the difference between the two pic's posted by Coito striking. Only in the US are the highways that insanely brightly lit.
Light pollution is pollution too, and it uses up a lot of energy.
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Maybe the streets are recklessly underlit everywhere else. 

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“Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, he improved upon the ideas of 22 other men who pioneered the light bulb before him. Edison simply figured out how to sell the light bulb.”Faithfree wrote:I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.Faithfree wrote:Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?

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