Earth Hour 2009

[Vamerica]

I'm going to do it i have 29 minutes till 8:30

[Pavel]

I did it yesturday.

[Vamerica]

We helped the earth

[blue25]

We helped the earth

How, exactly did you "help the earth"?

[dktc]

We helped the earth

How, exactly did you "help the earth"?

By...
- encouraging WWF to pull another Earth Hour next year, and pollute the world more than they reduce pollution during world hour (assuming that pollution was really reduced during Earth Hour ) with their ways of advertising
- by emitting more CO₂ through using candle or hand-torch during the Earth Hour
- by thinking that he has "helped the world" already and therefore relax on the "world saving" efforts in everyday life

[CHR]

To sort of spoil the fun, they don't actually turn off any coal/oil/gas/what-ever-other-fossil-fuel-they-are-burning power plants for the one hour that we all turn off our lights (coal power plants, for example, can take days to warm up to operating temperature). Therefore no CO2 is actually saved... But its the thought that counts...

Then when we have to consider the toxic chemicals in the batteries you use in your torch during Earth Hour...

[Jps]

Seriously. Who used a torch during Earth Hour? I mean you can always turn on a light  .

Light bulbs generate heat right? So it all works out lol

[dktc]

Light bulb is far from the worst heat source....

Now if they ask everyone to turn of their air-conditioning during a heat-stroke or a snow-storm, that would help...

[CHR]

Fossil fuel power plants are mainly providers of base-load power (basically because they take so long to turn on), peak demand periods (such as heat/cold waves) are often powered by expensive, yet cleaner technologies (like hydroelectricity). What is really needed to reduce energy usage is consistent changes to people's behavior every single day.