Simply Put, Without Darkness By Bogarde Analysis

Bogarde begins with the memory they had as a child. They flashback to the time where you could see the stars and everything was enveloped in natural darkness. The overall message the author was trying to convey was that light pollution disrupts animal’s natural night cycles, gives people difficulty to sleep, and that it wastes money in just trying to conserve the light. The author argues that if there is too much light the sea turtles will not know what to do and bats will suffer. The disruption of the light that bulldozers may bring or any other type of artificial light may bring dire consequences. “Simply put, without darknesses, Earth’s ecology would collapse.” The author brings to our attention the consequences that the disruption
“Sleep disorders have been linked to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and depression”. By listing the effects of a lack of sleep the author puts emphasis on how too much artificial light can be troublesome. “There isn’t a place for this much artificial light in our lives”. The author concludes the paragraph on how artificial light is simply not beneficial or necessary in our lives. “The amount of light in the sky increases an average of about 6% every year”. The author uses statistics on the increase of artificial light to represent the amount of money that is wasted annually. “Much of this light is wasted energy, which means wasted dollars”. This particular sentence demonstrates that too much light is too much waste. In fact the light pollution has become a problem that cities and towns are making changes.. “North America and Europe are changing to LEF streetlights, which offer dramatic possibility for controlling wasted lights.” In conclusion too much exposure can be a bad thing. The effects included sleep loss, affecting the ecosystem, and a waste of light and money. The author uses statistics and logically places them in ways that show how much it truly impacts the world. Limiting prolonged exposure can brings