Tom Scott: Why use many streetlights when one will do?

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Tom Scott: Why use many streetlights when one will do?

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Why use many streetlights when one will do?

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The moonlight towers of Austin, Texas, are the last urban municipal lighting towers in the world: because before every street was wired to the grid, how else...

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There’s a Norwegian town that does that for sunlight since their valley would be permanently shaded for large portions of the year otherwise.

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