how about we oppose wars instead of turning out lights off for an arbitrary amount of time?

We solve many problems this way : destruction of people and property, wasteful use of energy and resources, sitting in the dark like a bunch of morons, listening to Al Gore's half assed environmental 'solutions'

It's so funny cause I was at the Skydome watching the supercross races....

Not only was it fully powered up but the exhaust fumes in the building coulda choked a small city...

Let's suppose everyone DID turn off all their lights/electronic devices for an hour... When we all went to turn it back on an hour later, wouldn't it put a huge strain on the power grid?

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Originally posted by lopi Let's suppose everyone DID turn off all their lights/electronic devices for an hour... When we all went to turn it back on an hour later, wouldn't it put a huge strain on the power grid?

nothing worse than monday morning 9am, they're used to huge flucuations

Ive been laughing at earth hour all week.

1) its been advertised on ELECTRONIC road signs around toronto.

2) tens of thousands of trees died in order to print countless articles on it

3) the topper was watching about 10 news helicopters buzz around downtown toronto last night filming the apparent darkness. Talk about carbon offsetting!



What a gimmick!

my lights and most of my electronics were off at home since i wasn't in at the time. i was on college street and i'd say about half the restaurants were using candles. pretty romantic actually... i should have been on a date. lol.

Non.

I was computing!

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Ive been laughing at earth hour all week. 1) its been advertised on ELECTRONIC road signs around toronto. 2) tens of thousands of trees died in order to print countless articles on it 3) the topper was watching about 10 news helicopters buzz around downtown toronto last night filming the apparent darkness. Talk about carbon offsetting! What a gimmick!

my god is there anything in this world you don't complain about?

i also did my part by pouring only six gallons of antifreeze into the lake yesterday (during earth hour), instead of my usual 14/hour.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Ive been laughing at earth hour all week. 1) its been advertised on ELECTRONIC road signs around toronto. 2) tens of thousands of trees died in order to print countless articles on it 3) the topper was watching about 10 news helicopters buzz around downtown toronto last night filming the apparent darkness. Talk about carbon offsetting! What a gimmick!

I don't know how this is possible, but I have disagreed with everything you've ever said.

You have to lose to gain - so advertising this issue on electronic signs to have more participation is worth it - this is how the world works. I think earth hour is a great event to educate children (future energy users). It is an interactive way to make them understand how we take electricity for granted and we should conserve.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur It was lights out for the relationship too, huh?

lol jokes.. nah no biggie.. although her reasons why were pretty relevant. i feel good actually to be single. woot. industry night

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 are you the dumper or the dumpee? Either way, I feel your pain.

well i did @ circa last week... but she kinda did last night.

I was at a gala with 200+ people and they turned off the lights and lit candles on each table for like 45 mins during the main performance... so cool

PS. Anyone have any cool stories regarding the blackout? I missed it as I was in the Polska motherland that summer... please share

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Originally posted by Pett my god is there anything in this world you don't complain about?

who's complaining? Im laughing!

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Originally posted by PartEgurl I don't know how this is possible, but I have disagreed with everything you've ever said. You have to lose to gain - so advertising this issue on electronic signs to have more participation is worth it - this is how the world works. I think earth hour is a great event to educate children (future energy users). It is an interactive way to make them understand how we take electricity for granted and we should conserve.

We agree to disagree. I think earth hour is a big marketing ploy that made a lot of people a lot of money. Im betting that the same people promoting earth hour also promote electric cars. Hows that for irony? LOL

When it becomes economically viable to save the environment, then it will happen. And that will only happen when we run out of oil and prices for alternatives come down drastically.

Symbolic gestures that do little if anything are a lot of money for a lot of phoney bologna.

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Originally posted by PartEgurl I don't know how this is possible, but I have disagreed with everything you've ever said. You have to lose to gain - so advertising this issue on electronic signs to have more participation is worth it - this is how the world works. I think earth hour is a great event to educate children (future energy users). It is an interactive way to make them understand how we take electricity for granted and we should conserve.

Totally agree .. even though it might not make a HUGE difference at the time... it will educate people and maybe give them something to think about!

An article from australia where earth hour started:

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http://www.weeklytimes.com.au/2008/03_march/26_03_08/story_12.html What a Hoax! Children and their big kid parents are being tricked into taking part in the Earth Hour farce again this Saturday night. Of course it would all by a lot of fun and merriment and a true Carnival of Sydney if it wasn�t so serious the damage being done to young minds and their subservient parents. The truth of the matter is that so called Earth Hour is a big promotional gimmick dreamed up in the upper echelons of the Fairfax Media Group to try and prop up the ailing The Sydney Morning Herald. Last week the Herald published a 40 pages lift-out advertising feature promoting 60 Earth Hour where they conned a gaggle of advertisers to spend theirs and our money on promoting the hoax. Our money came from the pages of advertising paid by the public�s State owned energy corporations which in earlier times when started and run by Local Government as the Sydney County Council and the like were there primarily to help customers with adequate supplies of electricity � not to tell us how not to use it because the State hasn�t the brains or nous to meet our demands. What a Joke! And what a great informative publication it was. Firstly we had that great Australian Joker of the Year 2007 Professor Flummery waffling for a full page about Saint Augustine�s curse and climate change and how wonderful it would be if all the lights in Sydney and Melbourne were turned off often so we could all admire the stars in the sky! Then we had federal Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong hot off the jet plane from Bali telling us that �No, I haven�t measured my own carbon footprint yet. I am not perfect. I�m sure I could do more�. Oh yeah. The rest of the drivel comprised of telling us about a family that doesn�t own a car (big deal) and �20 Things to Do in the Dark� which included (can you believe this?) 1, Do nothing. Just sit there. Pretend you�re a potato waiting to be dug up. 6, Toe wrestle, thumb wrestle. Wrestle. 7, Give your children nightmares by making scary faces over the beam of a torch� 10, Tell some ghost stories� 14, Lie down on some grass and stargaze. 15, Meditate using a candle. 16, Turn up the music, dance like an idiot! Guess anyone who is sucked in and takes this nonsense seriously can declare themselves a First Class Idiot. And deserves a lifetime free subscription to the Sydney Morning Herald. �The Editor

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Originally posted by Jayx1 We agree to disagree. I think earth hour is a big marketing ploy that made a lot of people a lot of money. Im betting that the same people promoting earth hour also promote electric cars. Hows that for irony? LOL When it becomes economically viable to save the environment, then it will happen. And that will only happen when we run out of oil and prices for alternatives come down drastically. Symbolic gestures that do little if anything are a lot of money for a lot of phoney bologna.

You are hands down the most cynic, pessimistic person I have ever come across in my life. Sorry to crush your perspective, but the organizers of earth hour are NOT trying to make money and take over the world. They actually care about sustaining the worlds population based on the resources available.

You say change will only happen when we run out of oil? Earth hour is an organization committed to making change before we reach an energy crisis, which is why you should stop talking about it in a negative way. Your opinions are contradicting.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox PS. Anyone have any cool stories regarding the blackout? I missed it as I was in the Polska motherland that summer... please share

I was working at the Milton Correctional Facility when it happened, this was before it became a maximum security prison... When we heard what happened we were all escorted by police to a safe room, the electronic key locks weren't on so we couldn't get out. After about an hour or so we got let out when they found some huge ass key to open the gates. Then that's about it, got back home waited in front of Best Buy along with a few other vans lol waiting for the first person to strike.

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