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> Choice of lighting requires caring about many factors, including longevity and efficiency. The fact that you would make a different tradeoff doesn't mean the person doesn't care.

The author was complaining about the use of cool white (5000k) LEDs instead of warm ones (2700k). Cool LEDs aren't any cheaper or more efficient than warm ones. So what tradeoffs are we talking about?

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Maybe the city has a million of them sitting in a warehouse from some previous administration and they don't want to buy new ones.

Imagine this argument made about e.g. the leftover stock of lead-based paint. What, are we gonna dispose of all this toxic paint and re-stock with new one? That'd be just ridiculous. /s

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