"Even so far away, with about 20 of those lamps visible it destroys the night darkness, not just for sensitive astronomy, but even for a good night's sleep."
I don't get this _at all_. I happen to live in Sweden, you know the dark, cold place.
We have extremely short summer nights, and I can guarantee you that the SUN is so much brighter than your puny lights that its just silly. Nobody (well, almost) complains about that here. There are even many different solutions to, you know, block light from coming indoors. Or are you really sleeping outdoors? It just sounds so much like hyperbole.
I sleep much better in real dark. I used to work night shifts, so have years of experience struggling to sleep with too much light. I never did adjust well to it. Now I probably take it too far, taping over the power light on the phone next to my bed, etc. But I know I sleep better with the blinds down even just to filter out the light from a full moon.
No doubt for a lot of people light isn't a problem with sleep at all, particularly for younger people.
I don't get this _at all_. I happen to live in Sweden, you know the dark, cold place.
We have extremely short summer nights, and I can guarantee you that the SUN is so much brighter than your puny lights that its just silly. Nobody (well, almost) complains about that here. There are even many different solutions to, you know, block light from coming indoors. Or are you really sleeping outdoors? It just sounds so much like hyperbole.