Ray,
Down south here as far as Delta Power and Electricity Ashburton go, Street-lights are slowly being changed from 70W SON to Metal-Halide equivalents.
To a degree we've changed out to 75W M-H, but we have had a lot of thank-you letters from people we never expected them from.
Colour rendering here has, from a safety standpoint, saved a lot of lives.
Motorists can recognise a wider range of colours when predestrians are involved.
HID technology is getting better by the minute, there is no reason why the world at night should be bathed in Orange/Black colours.
It's like being in the time of the Mercury Arc Lamp.
Metal Halide is the way of the future.
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