Well, It's daytime. no problem, they're already off.

Last edited by ShnitzelKiller (2009-03-28 14:12:13)

Just because I know earth hour won't make a difference one way or another, I turned all my lights on... Even the ones in the basement I never use. (just kidding, I really didn't).

No offense, but seriously, if you want to make a statement by turning lights out and not using electricity... get somebody's attention. Everybody, do it for a month. If the power companies don't sh*t a brick over that I don't know what would make them.

If you can't do it for a month, then why bother doing it for just an hour? I couldn't even go a week... so what difference will 1 hour make?

Last edited by Axanon (2009-03-28 23:38:43)

112211 wrote:

Earth hour actually produces more pollution and just leaving your lights on.

Everyone turning their lights on will produce more co2 than if they woulda left em on, btw.

Where do you get this information? Sources? Because reducing power consumption directly correlates to reducing pollutant outputs as the majority of our power is sourced from polluting power stations. Turning lights on requires an insignificant burst of power before levels return to normal - flicking an incandescent on only takes the equivalent power of a few seconds of regular run time, and a fluorescent (with the longest time of power consumption on start up compared to run time) is only about 30 seconds equivalent, so 1 hour is a significant decrease in power consumption.

I'm ashamed to say I found out when Earth Hour was an hour after it was gone.

Went out to the headlands across the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco and watched people turn their lights out.  Brought my jumping stilts with me, did acrobatics in the dark next to a cliff.  It was pretty sweet.

Actually, hard to say.  We were late.  So many street lights that I'm not sure how much of a difference it really made.  I could see a few more stars than usual, but it was still brighter than anything I'd ever seen before I moved to California.  There were about seventy other people on the same abandoned fortress with me watching, but there wasn't a whole lot to see.

For reference for next year...
When does it take place?

I've participated before because the person practically did it for me.
I would like to again...

You guys know you could just do it by yourself anytime, it's a good practice.

112211
I must say your statements makes very little sense.

112211 wrote:

Earth hour actually produces more pollution and just leaving your lights on.

I assume you meant THAN not "AND".
What is producing more pollution than the lights (and other stuff) that are turned off?

112211 wrote:

Everyone turning their lights on will produce more co2 than if they woulda left em on, btw.

I assume you meant "...turning their lights..." OFF not "ON".
Again... what produces the pollution? Is it the candlelights that you use while the lights are off?
Is it the pollution from advertising about the Earth Hour?
Is it the extra co2 your lungs produces while turning the lights off?
What is it?

112211 wrote:

Multiply that by how many people attended.

Now you seem to agree with us that we save a lot of energy during the earth hour...?

112211 wrote:

And fox news was talking about ti.

Talking about what? The Earth Hour in general, or that the Earth Hour was increasing rather than reducing the pollution.

Anyway, I missed earth hour too. I would like to participate if there will be more.

Last edited by Livirus (2009-04-06 19:22:39)

Lol, I don't bother much with Earth hour but this year's was funny... Some drunk idiot crashed into an electric pole and knocked out electricity around here...