I completely disagree, active lighting...as long as the bats are good! will always be better then passive lighting. Having said that it's wise to use both. Active lighting can be seen from different angles, passive can only be seen if the headlights catch the reflector just right otherwise your invisible.

My personal bike lighting and reflector set up is this: Active: a Philips SafeRide light attached to the bars; a Cygolite MityCross 480 attached to the helmet; a very old Vistalite amber xenon flasher mounted to where the front reflector was at; Soma Road Flares bar end lights; Blackburn Mars 4 as my main light on the seat tube; and a Cateye LD600 rear light attached to the helmet. Then for passive I use 3M's superbrite ankle reflectors; the shoes have built in reflectors; the saddle bag has a reflector strip; the helmet has reflector tape; and then I wear a lime green safety vest with the large reflector strips.

Not saying my way is the best way, or saying you should do as I've done, but simply showing how I do it. I've added to my lights as the years went by and only retired lights when they were no longer useful. I always add to the bike and only retire a light if it became obsolete and I already had a better redundant light doing it's role.