Earth Hour

[Gorilla]

http://www.earthhour.org/

Im not sure if this has been posted before, but check it out. Its one hour where everyone turns the power out for an hour.

There are 12+ cities allready signed up for this.

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I'll be doing it, not sure how much of a benifit it will be but anything can help. Might send a message to the large corps, because the onus should be on them.

[Gorilla]

http://www.earthhour.org/faq

[kerry]

Ghey. Won't make a difference sadly.

And everyone will be tivoing, emailing and calling like mad after the hour is up. Then power consumption will double for that hour, therefore making this pointless hahahah.

[rmk]

Haha. I'm going to a concert, chilling at a lounge while watching the Flames Game. Should be a good one.

[97'Scort]

I'm going to plug in the car and make toast for an hour

[ianmcc]

Who cares.

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I'm going to plug in the car and make toast for an hour

That's a LOT of toast! Go to a park and feed the pigeons after, as well, letting your car warm up for an hour, idle while feeding the birds and then idle at home for another hour to let the "turbos cool"

LOL

[zhulander]

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpres.../18-awareness/

People should do something more useful in that hour like switching their old lightbulbs for CFLs.

[pome902]

Originally posted by zhulander
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpres.../18-awareness/

People should do something more useful in that hour like switching their old lightbulbs for CFLs.

Just dont drop it !


mercury =O

[civicrider]

hippies

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by zhulander
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpres.../18-awareness/

People should do something more useful in that hour like switching their old lightbulbs for CFLs.

on the lightbulbs.

[Pahnda]

It's an empty gesture. I agree with something like changing out bulbs.
This is like a fat man who vows to stop eating shit for a day but just goes back to krispy kreme and McDonalds the next.

[kenny]

Beyond.ca is signed up for Earth Hour

[canuckcarguy]

Toast. hadn't thought of that. good one.

I was going to weld stuff for a few hours. With the lights on and the bathroom fan running.

[GQBalla]

been seeing this in ads in the +15's also the company i work for is planning on doing this.

i will probably forget about it to tell you the truth... the REAL question is why doesn't everybody just switch to tide cold water?

watch the commercial it sucks you in like a black hole

[Maddog55]

if all the large corporations want to really help. Turn off all those lights in the high rises downtown. There's got to be a few megawatts being consumed with all of those lights on 24/7.

I wonder why Calgary isn't in on that list yet.

[Eleanor]

I'll do it, I'll just turn off all my lights a little later, say about 12-1am?

[Canmorite]

It will make a difference in that hour for consumption, but before and afterwards won't

[Kritafo]

I wish Calgary was on that list.

We compost, vermicompost , re-cycle, freecycle, changed all our fixtures to low-watt bulbs, organic garden. Make sure the heat is down at night, no lights on in rooms we aren't in and unplug our vampire appliances. Have rain barrels and grey water save, changed to dual flush toilets as well.

We are a one car family, my husband bikes and takes transit.

We will be participating and were planning on a fire in the backyard until the fire ban was announced this morning.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by Kritafo
I wish Calgary was on that list.

We will be participating and were planning on a fire in the backyard until the fire ban was announced this morning.

Do you have any idea how much pollutants you create with a 'small fire'?