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Posted by colonelcrisp on Mar-31-2008 19:41:

Earth hour-

So this past saturday was earth hour. from 8 - 9 pm everyone voluntarily turned their lights off for one hour to measure the impact it had on teh electricity grid.

Ironically enough the result was * drum roll * the entire grid for Orleans (an ottawa subburb) failed at 9:01 PM as everyone in teh damn city turned their lights back on simultaneously.

anyone else participate?

Posted by Magnetonium on Mar-31-2008 21:36:

Re: Earth hour-

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp

Ironically enough the result was * drum roll * the entire grid for Orleans (an ottawa subburb) failed at 9:01 PM as everyone in teh damn city turned their lights back on simultaneously.

LMAO ... thats really ironic indeed.

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anyone else participate?

Surely enough, I did .... I went to bed at 8pm and had every single possible electronic appliance of mine in OFF mode.

Posted by Krypton on Mar-31-2008 21:48:

lol... I was playing Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance that hour. Totally forgot... But it was worth it..

I turn my lights off when I go to sleep. That's my 8 earth hours.

Posted by colonelcrisp on Mar-31-2008 23:46:

While it was a great idea i think it would be better if they asked everyone to go without lights for 1 hour at some point during hte day as opposed to everyone doing it at the same time. power grids cant handle instantaneous load spikes like that, it tends to break things

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-01-2008 00:53:

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Originally posted by Krypton
lol... I was playing Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance that hour. Totally forgot... But it was worth it..

I turn my lights off when I go to sleep. That's my 8 earth hours.

Damnit...I must get mine working...

Posted by Krypton on Apr-01-2008 00:55:

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Damnit...I must get mine working...

PKC is on GPGnet too. Once I get my computer built which should be by May with that gov't stimulus check, I'll be on there all the time...

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-01-2008 00:56:

Re: Earth hour-

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp
So this past saturday was earth hour. from 8 - 9 pm everyone voluntarily turned their lights off for one hour to measure the impact it had on teh electricity grid.

I would have had I not a million things to do that hour...
I was actually looking forward to participating too.
I always turn off all things I'm not using anyways so I don't feel bad.

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Ironically enough the result was * drum roll * the entire grid for Orleans (an ottawa subburb) failed at 9:01 PM as everyone in teh damn city turned their lights back on simultaneously.

anyone else participate?

Idiots.
I could have told them that...

/used to work for Toronto Hydro 13.8kV Underground Distribution Dept...
//scary shit honestly...

Posted by Sunsnail on Apr-01-2008 01:53:

Yeah I did

Posted by tathi on Apr-01-2008 02:23:

went out to a resteraunt with a hot girl, i got there and i thought why the fuck are they using candles? wasnt till the next day i realised earth hour

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-01-2008 03:13:

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Originally posted by tathi
went out to a resteraunt with a hot girl, i got there and i thought why the fuck are they using candles? wasnt till the next day i realised earth hour

LOL!

Ah come on, that would have been romantic and all that stuff...

Hopefully you didn't complain during the date...

Posted by Capitalizt on Apr-01-2008 03:18:

I wake up at 8pm to go to work, so I turned everything on at that moment

Posted by DJ Shibby on Apr-02-2008 15:43:

lol, reminds me of a scenario in the original SimCity game where everyone flushed their toilet simultaneously after the superbowl and the nuclear reactor exploded.

Posted by BlAcKNoVa on Apr-02-2008 19:47:

Fuck no I didn't participate. Like I'm going to turn off the power with a Battle of Alberta hockey game going on! Hah!

Posted by Shakka on Apr-02-2008 20:29:

I don't think I ever see the light of day. Go to work at 6:30, come home at 6:30, eat, sleep, repeat.

Posted by Sunsnail on Apr-02-2008 20:33:

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Originally posted by BlAcKNoVa
Fuck no I didn't participate. Like I'm going to turn off the power with a Battle of Alberta hockey game going on! Hah!

I was at my grandparent's house and we turned off everything but the TV and a lamp or two.

Posted by OmarC on Apr-04-2008 22:01:

It was warming to see the world work together for a common good.