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  • Bottom_racer
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    1 year ago

    Going to write stern but fairly worded letter to Geelong council about a very bright street light they’ve installed. Honestly 3 x the lumens of a normal street light and it’s on a road that has next to zero (0) traffic.

    It is also next to an area has a heap of active frogs (when weather permits). Insects are going to head towards the light.

    It will go a little something like this:

    "Oi g-town cunts dim your shitty light,

    regards

    Bottom racer".

    I intend to do this before the pobblebonk awakens. They need food.

    • wscholermann
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      1 year ago

      There needs to be laws against toxic lighting. Not just for street lights but also public buildings and apartment buildings.

      • Bottom_racer
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        1 year ago

        Fully agree.

        There was a movement a while ago trying to get buildings and advertising etc. to shield lights and point them down towards the ground but it fell on deaf ears.

        I truly believe shitty lighting is contributing to insect decline (and all that rely on them).

        • just_kitten
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          1 year ago

          Oh your comment reminded me, I went past that new joint on Kew Junction. Jesus but that electronic billboard facing Studley Park Road is eye searingly bright. I hope the building across the road isn’t occupied, it’s like a bloody floodlight

    • CEOofmyhouse56
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      1 year ago

      You might need a map to point out the problem light. Preferably a hand drawn one with a big red circle and arrows.

      • Thornburywitch
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        1 year ago

        “24 8x10 coloured photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was” May you have more luck than Officer Obie.