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SnowboardBum Jul 3, 2023

Car Headlights - Why not red?

So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a...

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So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a...

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WaPo article in case anyone cared : https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/firefly-summer-extinction/

Why fireflies are going extinct and what you can do about it

Nearly 1 in 3 firefly species in the United States and Canada may be threatened with extinction, according to an estimate from firefly experts.

The Washington Post