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Grombobulous • yesterday at 7:39 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You’re leaving out the part where the sodium lights wasted a lot of their lumens by tossing them into the sky. LEDs can be dimmer because they can be directionally controlled.


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OkayPhysicist • yesterday at 8:32 PM

That's trivially solved with a reflective housing, which nearly all sodium lamps I've ever seen had.

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