They said they'd never talked to anyone about light pollution. Light pollution is a security issue, a waste issue and an environmental issue, the group says. On the security front, people automatically think more light equals more safety. Not so, says the group. Yet anybody in the shadows can see you.
Some studies show that vandalism increases with light, the group says.
About waste, lighting highway signs from the bottom up blasts light into the sky and doesn't work if it snows. A major benefit of conserving light, says Forbes, is cutting electric consumption and reducing energy costs - especially in this state, which has some of the nation's highest electric rates, he says. As for the environment, trees don't function properly in perpetual light, the group says. Let alone people. They never get a chance to sleep.