The world at night

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?

N-S_Korea.jpg

I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.

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?

They might have invented headlights for cars

So then why do we light streets in cities damn near everywhere else?

[MiM]

Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?

N-S_Korea.jpg

I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.

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?

They might have invented headlights for cars

So then why do we light streets in cities damn near everywhere else?

Because we can't afford a police in every corner, keeping the hoodlums at bay

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.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe the streets are recklessly underlit everywhere else.

[Jason]

Hmmm, I wonder where the North Korea - South Korea border is?

N-S_Korea.jpg

I'm guessing news of Edison's invention has reached Pyongyang, but they haven't let the country folk in on the secret yet.

“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.”