Earth Hour! Let's Vote For Mother Earth!

[Jessica_ph]

Turn off your lights and unnecessary appliances for 60 minutes or 1 hour in the next 10 minutes and you'll be joining the rest of the world in an effort to save Mother Earth.

Read more of this here.

Time to log off.

 

[Jessica_ph]

I was driving my car through a severe thunderstorm, so I kept my lights on, lol.

This is just a gimmick, a ploy to recruit lemmings into the 'we need to suffer in order to feel good about the environment' crowd, IMO.

No, I don't think so. The benefits are clear even before one decides to participate. People don't have to be coerced or convinced with the use of subtle dirty tactics just to join. They simply need to be educated, given the "right" information. It's up to them to do what they think is right or required of them. Earth Hour was conceived because of "real" events, phenomena, that affect or take place on Mother Earth, which is our home. We're right in it, so it only makes sense to protect and take care of it, for doing so we're also protecting and taking care of ourselves and those who'll inherit it. And yes, it means making sacrifices. "No pain, no gain."

So, turn the heat down to where you have to wear your coat in your own living room during the winter, and go shirtless in the summer because it's too stinkin' hot, turn your lights off at night or maybe burn the mercury laced but for some reason environmentally acceptable 'green friendly lightbulbs', while bicycling to work in the rain so as to save a few drops of gasoline for your grandchildren.

Conserving energy doesn't mean we have to be "impractical," stupid or crazy. Why would you turn the heat down if you're freezing in your room? Why would you go out and expose yourself to the scorching heat of the sun? Just to show you support to the green movement? or love for Mother Earth? To be a hero? The earth is already full of lunatics, let's give her a break. What she needs is "genuine" concern, not false display of affection.

I am not wasteful, but the point of earning a lot of money is to be able to enjoy a little luxury in life, to maybe kick that ole' thermometer up to 73 when I am cold, to enjoy a good book at night - in good lighting, or maybe waste a bit of electricity to post upon occasion in the break room.

Nothing wrong with that. We all want to experience a little comfort in life. We don't have to be a hermit just to save on electricity. Earth movement is not about stripping us off the right to enjoy the fruits of our labor or use electricity to do our usual chores. Rather, it is a call for a "wiser" and more "appropriate" use of Earth's resources. Is it proper to read books with poor lighting? Of course not. But if you can read comfortably with only one light bulb on, maybe it's good to turn off the second and the third one in the same room. Consume electricity to fit your needs. Consume not more than what you need, that's the whole point.

Just think about all the electricity that could be saved if all of the environmental fanatics in the world never used computers! They're killin' trees, I tell you, with their wasteful blogs and forums. The only environmentally form of communication that they should be using is Oration, like in the ancient times.

But, then, I suppose that might be considered noise pollution!!!

As I said, you don't have to be a hermit, or a saint, to save on electricity. Their blogs and forums are not "wasteful" to those who benefit from them. Let's not be an extremist or absolutist or an All-or-Nothing advocate. So does that mean they can't also use papers which come from trees? Or build houses that are made of wood?

Computers serve a lot of purposes that benefit mankind including you and me. I bet you have gained a lot from the internet; from e-books, blogs, articles made by individuals whom you know only by the information they give on their author boxes. They don't mention whether or not they support Earth Hour or the Green Project, right? Unless they talk about the benefits of either in their articles, you really wouldn't have a clue. What if they really DO support these movements? Would you still consider these environmental fanatics' work, useless? Or not fit to use the internet? Poor them.

 

[jkennedy]

I swear we should all go back to caveman like times... lets trade for everything that we want or need. Screw money! those guys had it right... This whole "earth hour" crap is stupid, and it will mean nothing, plus "did" nothing for or environment. It did not help our earth one bit, I a willing to bet many people that"turned their lights off" kept them on even longer afterwords.....
Lets just all make a pact to go back to camping and trading.....ok

P.S. Get off that cell phone.... it emits radioactive waves everytime you use it! That cant be good for global warming.

 

[GILSAN]

Some months ago on another thread about 70% of the posts said that they left their computers on all the time. That in my opinion is a waste.

Most TV's, DVD Players, stereos and many home appliances have the "standby" mode on all the time. That's a waste.

Most people when making a photo copy (xerox) only use one side of the page. That's a waste

Some people will take a shower or brush their teeth with the water running all the time. That's a waste.

There are lots of other examples that, when added up can make an enormous difference in reducing the monthly energy and water bills, without any sacrifice at all.

 

[monaco]

I did what's best for the economy and turned everything imaginable ON for earth hour

 

[RogueWriter]

Some months ago on another thread about 70% of the posts said that they left their computers on all the time. That in my opinion is a waste.

I would think that would be a bit dangerous, too, just in case your PC has been compromised. Best to turn it off when you can.

They simply need to be educated, given the "right" information.

Ah, see, now which 'right' information would that be? Where does the funding for your research originate from? I see on the 'earth hour' web site this statement:

"For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard."

So, in essence, they are trying to intimidate world leaders into signing a Kyoto Protocol styled agreement. As I recall, Bush did not agree to sign the agreement because that would have chained the United States to environmental standards that neither China nor India were expected to meet - thus damaging our economy.

My point is, something like 'Earth Hour' is not created for the purpose of making an objective, non-party-affiliated statement about saving our resources. Rather, the actions associated with this site will be used by the site owners to promote their political adjenda.

Hence my lemming comment: people hop on board thinking they are just participating in a simple 'hands across America' styled event, when in reality the results of the event will be politicized in a way that promotes a liberal adgenda - even if those participants know nothing about the adjenda itself.

 

[monaco]

Just think about all the electricity that could be saved if all of the environmental fanatics in the world never used computers!

Amen to that...

 

[GILSAN]

My point is, something like 'Earth Hour' is not created for the purpose of making an objective, non-party-affiliated statement about saving our resources. Rather, the actions associated with this site will be used by the site owners to promote their political adjenda.

Hence my lemming comment: people hop on board thinking they are just participating in a simple 'hands across America' styled event, when in reality the results of the event will be politicized in a way that promotes a liberal adgenda - even if those participants know nothing about the adjenda itself.

To promote a liberal political agenda? You give the impression that this only happened in the US. Well, it happened all over Europe (where the political spectrum is much wider than the US with it's eternal 2 parties.) it happened in my little island of Madeira, in South Africa and all over the world at 8pm. It was a simbolic gesture to try and awaken people to the realities of what wastefull societies are doing to our planet.

Boy, what a sacrifice it must be for some people, just imagining the thought of turning some lights off for a whole hour,! UNBEARABLE!!! And even worse is the audacity of those that come on this thread to even sugest that this is a good idea.

 

[Jessica_ph]

Ah, see, now which 'right' information would that be? Where does the funding for your research originate from? I see on the 'earth hour' web site this statement:

"For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard."

So, in essence, they are trying to intimidate world leaders into signing a Kyoto Protocol styled agreement. As I recall, Bush did not agree to sign the agreement because that would have chained the United States to environmental standards that neither China nor India were expected to meet - thus damaging our economy.

My point is, something like 'Earth Hour' is not created for the purpose of making an objective, non-party-affiliated statement about saving our resources. Rather, the actions associated with this site will be used by the site owners to promote their political adjenda.

Hence my lemming comment: people hop on board thinking they are just participating in a simple 'hands across America' styled event, when in reality the results of the event will be politicized in a way that promotes a liberal adgenda - even if those participants know nothing about the adjenda itself.

Well, I didn't have to pay for any research to know really, I couldn't afford it. No need to insult me, it's worse than not turning the lights off. :p Besides I was not talking about the information on the EH website. I don't believe everyone who joined Earth Hour has access to the internet or necessarily have to read the contents of the website to VOTE for Mother Earth. I leave the politics to you.

Some months ago on another thread about 70% of the posts said that they left their computers on all the time. That in my opinion is a waste.

Most TV's, DVD Players, stereos and many home appliances have the "standby" mode on all the time. That's a waste.

Most people when making a photo copy (xerox) only use one side of the page. That's a waste

Some people will take a shower or brush their teeth with the water running all the time. That's a waste.

There are lots of other examples that, when added up can make an enormous difference in reducing the monthly energy and water bills, without any sacrifice at all.

Nice examples. I hope 90% of the world's population strictly follow them including you.

Boy, what a sacrifice it must be for some people, just imagining the thought of turning some lights off for a whole hour,! UNBEARABLE!!! And even worse is the audacity of those that come on this thread to even sugest that this is a good idea.

...and the audacity of those that come to this thread to even suggest that is not a good idea, is simply to me, puzzling. I need an interpreter here. :yell:

Why do we have to resent the fact that there are people willing to make sacrifices - for a common good? It's plain and simple: if you can't do it, then don't. Leave those who can to their bunkers. :p

 

[RogueWriter]

First off, I did not insult you. I merely question the assumption that turning off your lights for one hour in some way serves any purpose other than to allow some nebulous entity to use your action to draw their own, unrelated conclusions.

Back in the day, I recall it being popular to "Question Authority". But these days, questioning authority seems to be out of vogue, because questioning authority might tick off Obama's supporters and necessitate asking questions like:

When people are told to turn off their lights for one hour, are they also told that doing so would allow others to pressure world leaders into adapting environmental regulations that apparently put the United States at an economic disadvantage to countries like China and India?

And just because I choose not to turn lights off, why are you allowed to accuse me of not voting for Mother Earth? Turning lights off for one hour had two results:

1. You made a symbolic gesture that resulted in zero actual savings in energy.

2. You gave tacit approval for an unknown entity to use your action to push a worldwide treaty that may cause economic harm to the United States, and other developed countries.

I won't bother posting anymore, it is pointless, have a nice day!