Earth Hour 2008

[High EGT]

Would turning my lights off be an endorcment that GW is man made?

[Go G-Men]

Originally Posted by CobraKai

Saturday night - 8 PM

Can SOMD make a difference by helping in this energy-saving cause?

Info from Earth Hour US - Earth Hour 2008

On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.

Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.

This Saturday at 8:00PM?? Good, then I will make sure that every light in my house is on and every car I have is running.

Cobra... I bet this post would go over big at move-on.org and it's brethren sites..

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by CobraKai

I live in a community with 500 homes, and even when I turn out the lights - it's pitch black.

In your situation, I would also advise that you go ahead and use your lights tomorrow night, I don't want you to injure yourself tripping over something!

No I'm just refusing to jack up my electric bill for your one hour defeating the purpose cause But rest assured I probably wont' use any lights from 8am to 6:30 pm Guess that doesn't count though because it has to be for only ONE hour and at night time :

[GWguy]

Originally Posted by High EGT

Would turning my lights off be an endorcment that GW is man made?

My Gawd, I HOPE I was !!!!

[AndyMarquisLIVE (Premo)]

Originally Posted by dems4me

I didn't state main breaker. If you are referring to me, I simply stated I have better things to do than sit in a dark house (i.e. turning off lights as requested) for an entire hour on a Saturday night. I could light each room up with tv's and other applicances, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose of saving electricity?

And doesn't watching the races really defeat the purpose? All those gas guzzling racecars and race trucks?

(IndyCar Series uses e85 Ethanol by the way)

[pcjohnnyb (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

And doesn't watching the races really defeat the purpose? All those gas guzzling racecars and race trucks?

(IndyCar Series uses e85 Ethanol by the way)

they race on E85....

I find this VERY hard to believe. Proof please?

[RadioPatrol]

Originally Posted by CobraKai

We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.

STFU .......... go back to hugging you trees ............ I'll be turning on all the lights in the HOUSE and Garage .... running the 80 Gal Air Compressor, and I'll find something to MIG Weld together .........

[MMDad]

People could save so much more energy by turning the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer. But instead, people will turn off their lights for an hour and think they actually made a difference. What a waste.

Change requires effort. The easier something is, the less it will work.

I refuse to make a symbolic gesture, so I will not be participating.

Instead, I will continue to try to save money. If that saves the environment at the same time, great.

[CobraKai]

Originally Posted by Go G-Men

This Saturday at 8:00PM?? Good, then I will make sure that every light in my house is on and every car I have is running.

Cobra... I bet this post would go over big at move-on.org and it's brethren sites..

As I stated before had you read more than the first post...

"I really could care less what anyone does tomorrow night, feel free burn as much energy as you can during that hour to offset the others."

Thank you for your alternative Web site suggestion, but I won't be losing any sleep over whether or not this "goes big".

[Bean Machine]

"Funny that you make that comparison, on the Web site for Earth Hour they stated: "In 2007, Australians in Sydney turned off their lights for one hour. The energy savings was the equivalent of taking 47,000 cars of the road."

Again, if you don't want to/don't think you can safely/don't know how/don't understand what lights are/etc. then you can ignore Earth Hour as if it doesn't exist. "

I understand perfectly what a light is and how it works...perhaps the lights are not on in your own head. The point I was making is that turning off your lights to save energy does not have an impact on the amount of energy created. The so called "carbon footprint" is the same whether you have your lights on or not. The ENERGY is already expended by the time it reaches your light switch. You only save yourself a few cents on YOUR bill.
An energy savings of 47,000 cars off the road is only in your head. The energy was still used to create electricity regardless of usage....

If you are REALLY concerned about our planet you should be worried about the dangers of DiHydrogen Monoxide. Here's the site:
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info