Geoff Saunders
Geoff Saunders is a retired tech manager, an amateur astronomer and spends time whenever possible under the relatively dark skies of Eastern Washington.
Light Pollution: Our Vanishing Night Skies
Twenty-two percent of all energy generated in the U.S. is used for lighting. Street lighting and commercial lighting are both tremendously inefficient, with about a quarter of their light uselessly going into the sky, reflecting off suspended dust and water droplets. This washes out the light from the stars.