It's official!! Singapore is no 1...

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Fuzzball
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It's official!! Singapore is no 1...

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Hi guys,

It's official we are the number one light pollution culprit in the world!

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/ ... 00377.full
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antares2063
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Tough, imagine the amount of electricity that is wasted on excessive light posts every few meters...:(
I miss the place where stars shine bright, to gaze upwards in awe of the sight
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Not the brightest but highest % of total population living in LP.
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Nonetheless, by population or by actual sky brightness. The situation is extremely dire.
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Really disappointing news... sad that government is unwilling to address this issue:(

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haejae wrote:Really disappointing news... sad that government is unwilling to address this issue:(

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I know. It's a big issue but they don't seem to care.
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