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Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:12 pmby diddle
'Earth Hour is an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on the evening of 29 March at 8 pm local time until 9 pm to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions. It may also help reduce light pollution, and in 2008, coincides with the beginning of National Dark Sky Week in the USA.'
We just had ours, and as a direct result from it, my typing became completely incomprehensible to all of my current msn conversations. In the long run, it probably wasn't worth it.
Anywho, will you be participating in your local 'Earth Hour'?
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Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:37 pmby jennifermarie
I probably won't participate.
Turning off the lights won't change much, especially in my dorm because the flourescents don't work too well unless you hit the side of the light thing a couple of times...so I exist in near darkness most of the time when I am in my room.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:43 pmby muy_thaiguy
I normally only have a dim lamp on, when I need light that is. Not much else except my laptop and sometimes the TV for music videos.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:56 pmby Iz Man
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:22 pmby mybike_yourface
we went from having an earth day to an earth hours. not good. out of the 8765 or so hours in a year the earth get's one.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:57 pmby Iliad
I did it and not because I felt that switcfhing off everyting for an hour changes much but it's the symbolism that we can adapt, we can conserve electricity and we can combat global warming.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:02 pmby johnnyrotten
Where's the 'Hendy is a cunt' and GFY' options?
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:02 pmby cena-rules
I was out
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:15 pmby Serbia
I'm with Iz Man. Won't help anything anyway, and I'm not convinced of the terrible problem anyway.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:43 pmby Kaplowitz
Iliad wrote:I did it and not because I felt that switcfhing off everyting for an hour changes much but it's the symbolism that we can adapt, we can conserve electricity and we can combat global warming.
Actually, if you think about it: Not participating is not just doing nothing, its actually harming the planet ever so slightly. By participating, you are letting the Earth do things naturally so you are actually not helping at all- just not harming.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:44 pmby dsmsc1991
Well, seeing as in my room, i have two power outlets, and i was home with only my older brother, we didn't have much on. i just turned everything except my Laptop and my Surround Sound comp speakers off... I have another 6 outlets due to a power board... But i don't see how one hour can make a difference, really. We'll make that up easy in winter just by our heaters and such... Its pretty stupid.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:44 pmby Harijan
There was a big push for it here in Phoenix. So when the appointed hour came, I put on a ski mask and went up and down the street looking in the neighbors windows to see if they were observing Earth hour.
Everyone thought it was really funny except for the guy who popped off a couple of rounds in my general direction.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:06 amby DaGip
Norse wrote:The truth!!
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Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:26 amby Skoffin
I'm with Iz Man and Serb's.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:39 amby Iliad
Kaplowitz wrote:Iliad wrote:I did it and not because I felt that switcfhing off everyting for an hour changes much but it's the symbolism that we can adapt, we can conserve electricity and we can combat global warming.
Actually, if you think about it: Not participating is not just doing nothing, its actually harming the planet ever so slightly. By participating, you are letting the Earth do things naturally so you are actually not helping at all- just not harming.
Notice the part where I said that doing that for an hour doesn't achieve much? But it proves we can cut back on carbon emissions.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:42 amby Skittles!
Iliad wrote:Kaplowitz wrote:Iliad wrote:I did it and not because I felt that switcfhing off everyting for an hour changes much but it's the symbolism that we can adapt, we can conserve electricity and we can combat global warming.
Actually, if you think about it: Not participating is not just doing nothing, its actually harming the planet ever so slightly. By participating, you are letting the Earth do things naturally so you are actually not helping at all- just not harming.
Notice the part where I said that doing that for an hour doesn't achieve much? But it proves we can cut back on carbon emissions.
Not really, as the street lights were still on, the electricity was still going, and cars were still around. Public places didn't have their lights off.
It didn't really make a difference. All you're doing to racking up the electricity bill because you're not using the power.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:47 amby Iliad
Skittles! wrote:Iliad wrote:Kaplowitz wrote:Actually, if you think about it: Not participating is not just doing nothing, its actually harming the planet ever so slightly. By participating, you are letting the Earth do things naturally so you are actually not helping at all- just not harming.
Notice the part where I said that doing that for an hour doesn't achieve much? But it proves we can cut back on carbon emissions.
Not really, as the street lights were still on, the electricity was still going, and cars were still around. Public places didn't have their lights off.
It didn't really make a difference. All you're doing to racking up the electricity bill because you're not using the power.
Oh god. It wasn't that the fact that we switched off stuff that mattered it was the symbolism!
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:49 amby Minister Masket
It certainly didn't happen in London.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:36 amby greenoaks
i noticed a lot of americans think it won't help. obviously what we really need is gun hour. every american gets one hour to shoot as many americans as they want/can.
benefit:
the biggest polluting nation in the world would get behind efforts to reduce the human impact on the world by reducing humans. word.
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:15 amby mr. incrediball
i didn't realise it was on. bad publicising, bad!
Re: Earth Hour
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Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:45 amby autoload
greenoaks wrote:i noticed a lot of americans think it won't help. obviously what we really need is gun hour. every american gets one hour to shoot as many americans as they want/can.
benefit:
the biggest polluting nation in the world would get behind efforts to reduce the human impact on the world by reducing humans. word.
I'm an American and I approve of this idea.
