@flisk explicit? no, they did not explicitly make that claim. i'd even go as far as to grant that it's not the fault of the OP that the headline suggested streetlights were the sole cause of this phenomenon simply because the testing was limited to that source and the article latched onto it.

however, it's disingenuous to assume that doing something about streetlights was *not* the intent of the article itself via a preponderance of the evidence here, and I remain vindicated by the nuclear response of OP that their intent was likely also such. I think the research here is sound, if extremely preliminary, but the circus it has generated/will generate around it is certainly not

as for the utility value of streetlights which thus far has been completely ignored by both the article and him, i direct you to justification for the crime portion of my original reply from an old friend ten years ago, photonicinduction: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/engineer-andys-bright-idea-to-15218/

aside: i knew I was kicking a hornets nest via the palestinian flag in their avatar but man.