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Light Pollution in Quebec

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Yvan Dutil
Yvan Dutil*
Affiliation:
Observatoire du Mont Mégantic

Abstract

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As in any developed country, light pollution is a serious problem in Quebec. However, a specific cultural and economical situation forces us to use new tactics when it is time to discuss this problem. As an example, using energy loss as an argument against light pollution is very inefficient since the electricity is cheap (US$0.04/kWh) and clean (hydroelectricity). On the other hand, using the negative ecological impacts of light pollution appears to be the most effective way to create awareness in the population.

Type
Part 2. Threats to Optical Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 196: Preserving the Astronomical Sky , 2001 , pp. 134 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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