@juliewebgirl @JohnBarentine
Since my neighbour got burned-out by the wild-fire, the nocturnal darkness of the plantations around this oasis flows right to my door. Accentuating the km's -away streetlamps on stretches of road that I know have hardly a handful of vehicles on them between dusk and dawn.
There was a brief campaign here* to reduce light pollution but many think of it as "progress". Others see "fairy-lights" etc around their home as "pretty". Personally, I rate #fireflies as progress and electrical substitutes for them as crass.
Street-lamps that auto-dim after most people are home, and don't use insect-attractive colour are a solution in some states, I notice -- search "dimming streetlamps"
* #portugal