Earth Hour

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Originally Posted by Sgtzombie.

Yes yes, got the mail through the post this morning. It's a wonderful idea and I'm in 110%. Yes, it will make a difference, a HUGE difference and it will look awesome, if you live in a city you'll actually be able to see the stars instead of that hideous orange glow from light pollution. I know I'll be going to the top of Wilford hill to see if anyone does actually join in. It's a good thing to do and it doesn't require any effort... It's only an hour, it's not that hard.

Noras: Actually, it is informing people of how precious our finite resources are. Turning off lights and electrical appliances for an hour... you'll have to find something else to do that doesn't require so much energy. It will also make you realise how many things in your home actually rely on electricity and how much energy you're wasting and how much money you could be saving.
It's possible that one day there will be restriction on how much energy you can use as the resource of fossil fuels has run out and no one has done a thing about renewable energy. Oops, your energy quota for the day has been reached, damn.. and I really wanted that last porn DL.. too bad.
In the long run, it saves everyone money, less energy required, power stations generate less energy- and atmosphere pollution, they don't need to buy in more resources such as coal, the sources build up again and everyone's happy.

I suggest you learn a bit about pollution and finite resources before you go making such assumptions.

/Environmental Scientist.

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Prepare for massive disappointment. You will not be able to see any stars at all and the city won't change much.

You could inform the entire world about this effort to the point that everyone knows it's coming and remembers the time and day, but even then only a tiny fraction of the world with even bother to turn off even the most basic appliances.

We are dependent upon electricity. No matter what, even at the very best effort everyone in the world provides, at least 70% of our electronics will still be on. We need clean clothes and kitchenware. We need frozen food, we need refrigerated food, we need warm food, and we need hot food. We need heat and air conditioning.

But even with that, good luck convincing non-environmental nuts (ie: 99.9% of the world) that this is a worthwhile effort.

Also, we're hardly pushing the limitations of usage of electricity. I suggest you look up finite resources, because electricity is not one of them.

The world is not nearly as bad as environmental nuts claim it is.