Earth Hour 2008

[Spleg]

Switch off the lights and other non-essential electrical items in your house between 8pm and 9pm local time tonight to save energy and cut light pollution.

This is the official site (http://earthhour.org/), and here it is on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour).

I'm going switch off my PC and lights and see if I really can go for an hour without the internet. I'm also bribing one of my friends with a flapjack to do the same. I don't have flapjacks to go round the whole of Mogulville, but try to take part anyway! :D

[ciwi286]

I'm sick in bed! Without electricity all I have is reading. The book I'm currently reading (dv rebels guide) requires me to watch the dvd before I continue and I've read all the novels I own multiple times. Sorry Spleg I'm going to have to pass you up on this one!

[aaron32995]

Ill only give you ten seconds to turn off your lights....
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[BinBinProductions]

Yah so what is this supposed to do?

[aaron32995]

Yah so what is this supposed to do?

Save the earth........

[KMProductions]

to save energy and cut light pollution.


It will do this. ^^

[BinBinProductions]

light pollution isnt even bad wher i live. light pollution is only light.

[aaron32995]

light pollution isnt even bad wher i live. light pollution is only light.

Light takes energy and to make that energy we make pollution.

[WesScog]

Not always... Light Pollution is too much light from urban centers overwhelming ambient night light.

Like when you can't see stars because of all of the light diffusing into the atmosphere.

[ciwi286]

Well dammit its just too cloudy where I am!

[Apocalypse WOW!]

I don't think this would help the Earth, granted I don't believe in Global Warming really either. Don't debate me and get off topic, you can PM though, if you want.

[toppie34]

I did it yesterday but my problem was i didnt had a watch and im in a subburban area so what happend was i couldnt see the time so i went 30 minutes longer so my lights were out 1 hour and 30 minutes in that time i also took a little well deserved nap

[BinBinProductions]

theres a storm coming where im staying on vacation

[GhostOfAllie]

Since I'm a lil jackass, I turned on a bunch of lights for this hour.

[AC Films]

i did it and it was so fun. It really shows you that you dont need your lights on all the time. Im doing it once a week

[Fisherking]

Another way for people to feel good about themselves without actually accomplishing anything. Gestures. More hollow gestures.

Sometimes I despise my fellow man.

[Jon Hanson]

I hate this stuff because it's dishonest, making people think stuff like this would have any effect on Global warming.

[AC Films]

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[Spleg]

I hate this stuff because it's dishonest, making people think stuff like this would have any effect on Global warming.
The point isn't to save the world by having everyone turn off their lights for an hour - it's about raising awareness for global warming and encouraging people to be more environmentally friendly in the long-run. Like AC said, he's going to do it once a week.

[Jon Hanson]

The point isn't to save the world by having everyone turn off their lights for an hour - it's about raising awareness for global warming and encouraging people to be more environmentally friendly in the long-run. Like AC said, he's going to do it once a week.

And doing it once a week isn't going to do anything.

If man made global warming is as bad as they say it is it is going to take a lot more than what people will voluntarily do to stop it.

[MiniMogul27]

Unfortunately no one seems to realize that the enormus amount of candles probably puts out way more pollution in the long run. Just my CAN$0.02

[AC Films]

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