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Victoria Clare writes:
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| Frankly, why not spend your money on a chocolate teapot? Equally
| useful, and rather tastier.
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| Only if you live somewhere with streetlights!

Or where there is massive sky glow, which accounts for over 99%
(perhaps 99.9%) of the UK population. I don't think that there is
anywhere left in the south east or midlands where the sky glow isn't
oppressive, and precious few places outside those.

| My mother has the solar powered path lighters, and in the darkness of a
| village that proudly owns a total of 13 streetlights, they allow her to
| find her unlit steps when dogwalking late at night. They do make a real
| difference on moonless nights.

I can see that, in a VERY few cases, they might have some use.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.