Only Committed Scrooges Distain Turning Darkness Into Beauty
Guest Post from Robert L. Bradley, Jr. at Master Resource.
“As Christmas and Hanukkah Coincide, Lights Can Inspire All,” writes Eli Federman in the Los Angeles Times (December 17, 2024). He explains:
Holiday lights have more than aesthetic benefits, signaling community and social connection. Lights can boost mood, reduce stress and create warmth, especially during the dark winter months. Holiday lights are more than decorations; they’re a means of emotional well-being.
Lose the darkness, he concludes, “it’s time to shine.”
Scrooges
Yes, more lighting the better. Bah Humbug to the deep ecologists and climate busybodies who distain turning darkness into beauty. Three examples:
With the holiday season, the intensity of light pollution only increases…. Ideally, there would be a public outcry against bigger causes of light pollution, such as street lamps and tall buildings. But until that happens, the simplest thing that one can do is to not put up any Christmas or Hanukkah lights.
– Heidi Ward, “Holidays & Light Pollution,” United Green Alliance
“Do you love those displays of Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or …) lights? Are you awed by those so impassioned that they string up 1000s of lights in awesome displays worthy of a city center? I once did…. But … no longer…. I’ve reached the point of feeling like a Scrooge; feeling outrage over the tons of C02 going into the atmosphere via neighbors’ 10,000 light displays rather than feeling ‘joyous’.”
– A. Siegel, “Christmas Lights–Scrooge or Savior?” HuffPost
“During each year’s holiday season, lights are strung everywhere, in the city and in millions of homes. Though the lights are a beautiful sight and symbol of Christmas, many Americans don’t realize that the holiday lights (and lighting in general) have a negative impact on the environment as well as on their own health.”
– Angeli Mittal, “Tra-La-Light: Holiday Lighting to Health Declining,” Green Schools Alliance
Enough of that. Climate alarmism is on the wane as 2025 beacons. So enjoy the holiday celebrations and special lighting that comes with it!
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What a fearful, sad, small way to view the world. I can’t imagine the mindset it must take to not only make your self miserable but to do all you can to take pleasure and enjoyment away from others.
This is such a farce. We live in a CO2 starved world where 9 million people per year die a painful death of starvation. Mass extinction happens at 150 ppm CO2...and extinction is forever. We got down to 180 ppm CO2 in about 15,000 BC. In other words, we barely escaped the mass extinction bullet that would have killed us all, including most animal life. CO2 has gone up to 420 ppm, which is way more benign than the preindustrial CO2 level of 280 ppm. Plant growth is strongly positive as CO2 increases from current levels. We need MORE CO2, not less CO2. The common narrative on CO2 is an outright lie.