Lights out!

[Pinecone]

I'm going to turn out non-essential lights soon for the earth thing. Quick is the computer screen a non-essential light?!!

:freakout:

[SharonDee]

Ah, I wondered whether anyone would be doing this tonight. It seems so ... well, never mind.

To answer your question: Unless your computer runs life support systems or some such, it does qualify as non-essential. Sorry about that.

[Corona688]

What hour is Earth Hour again? Daylight Savings may be earth hour's greatest enemy... Since we have no shaking lightbulbs I shall shake something else small and transparent. :shakebacteria:

[Pinecone]

I figured as much so I shut the computer down. Ok - Central time! Go away for an hour!

Oh! And 8:30 to 9:30pm

[viscousmemories]

The website says non-essential lights; doesn't say anything about computers or other electronics.

[MonCapitan2002]

Obviously this means that they are essentials.

[Deadlokd]

We did Earth Hour. We turned almost everything off. The fridge, freezer and two pedestal fans stayed on. Everything else, including the computers, was turned off.

That's Shine asleep in the background.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/SheHeAndThey/eh2.jpg

Our eldest daughter Venus, mesmerised by the light. "So, back in the old days this is what you guys used huh?" "Smartarse."

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Deadlokd/Earthhour3-1.jpg

Venus playing her guitar by candlelight.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q43/SheHeAndThey/eh1.jpg

And the pretties on top of the (switched off) TV cabinet.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Deadlokd/Earthhour2.jpg

We try to conserve electricity around the house anyway, but I like the idea of Earth Hour too.

[Corona688]

The website says non-essential lights; doesn't say anything about computers or other electronics. Since I don't often have a lot of lights on I included my laptop in this. Fortunately it's good for 3 hours. I pondered candles but just used my shakem flashlight. When indoors, not-fire is preferable to fire I think

[Ari]

While I do like the concept and think people should probably unplug more often, earth hour feels a bit like donating a few bucks during christmas to feel like you've "done something."

[Deadlokd]

While I do like the concept and think people should probably unplug more often, earth hour feels a bit like donating a few bucks during christmas to feel like you've "done something."

That doesn't render the donation worthless though.

[Corona688]

While I do like the concept and think people should probably unplug more often, earth hour feels a bit like donating a few bucks during christmas to feel like you've "done something." Even the project's originators say it's about awareness, not money saved. I also found a few things that, once unplugged, could probably be left unplugged until needed again.

[Ari]

While I do like the concept and think people should probably unplug more often, earth hour feels a bit like donating a few bucks during christmas to feel like you've "done something."

That doesn't render the donation worthless though.

Not at all, and awareness is good, but it needs to be expanded with something, otherwise it turns into the christmas donation that the SUVdriving family of two pat themselves on the back for while talking about the dirty gay immigrants that are destroying society on the ride home.

Like for Deadlokd it seems to have provided for a good time, and energy saving, but I bet Deadlokd already had these things in mind.

[SharonDee]

I also found a few things that, once unplugged, could probably be left unplugged until needed again.:yeahthat:

When the hour was up, I didn't notice because I was busy reading a book (by battery-powered book light) that I had put down for the sake of surfing the Internet. I was twenty minutes late getting back "onto the grid".

[Ari]

All of the things mentioned here are the reasons I never minded half day power outages during the winter, the house always seems so much quieter when the power is off.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

I think it's more along the lines of "Don't buy gas on this day! Show those big oil execs what-for!"

[Pinecone]

As I understand it, it's a 'vote' for clean energy. A world wide vote. It doesn't matter what clean energy means to each individual or company. Most people want to have a livable planet for their grandchildren, some want to try to save the polar bear, and some will make money creating clean energy.

I voted yes. I'm for clean energy, which I believe would result in a more gentle, a more gradual evolution or extinction of the plants and animals.

(Humans ... we don't appear on the whole to have been all that great of an experiment so far - we should probably come to a quick and in my case (please!) painless end and let other things give a try for masters of the universe)
:undyna:

[Corona688]

Not at all, and awareness is good, but it needs to be expanded with something, otherwise it turns into the christmas donation that the SUVdriving family of two pat themselves on the back for while talking about the dirty gay immigrants that are destroying society on the ride home. We're pricing out small turbines for wind power, Captain Positive. I've also belatedly joined the reusable-bag bandwagon. What are you doing to help the planet?

[Master Taran]

The website says non-essential lights; doesn't say anything about computers or other electronics.Damn skippy. I didn't turn off my drag racing just for some bullshit advertising crap.

[inland wave]

We had been without power roughly 13 hours so it worked out beautifully.
Our power was turned back on about nine o'clock this morning thank you O&E.

[Ari]

We're pricing out small turbines for wind power, Captain Positive. I've also belatedly joined the reusable-bag bandwagon. What are you doing to help the planet?

Then obviously I wasn't talking about you now was I.

What am I doing? I provide sexual favors to an important part of the solar power revolution. :cool:

[Doctor X]

We're pricing out small turbines for wind power, Captain Positive. I've also belatedly joined the reusable-bag bandwagon. What are you doing to help the planet?

Then obviously I wasn't talking about you now was I.

What am I doing? I provide sexual favors to an important part of the solar power revolution. :cool:

What does this do for your carbon footprint?

--J.D.

[Dingfod]

We had been without power roughly 13 hours so it worked out beautifully.
Our power was turned back on about nine o'clock this morning thank you O&E.13? Try 20. It went out a little after noon Saturday.

[Angakuk]

Dude, pay the bill. Srsly!

[viscousmemories]

Damn skippy. I didn't turn off my drag racing just for some bullshit advertising crap.
I'm not really so cynical about it. Even though I'm generally conscious of how much energy I use it was still a good exercise to do a mental inventory of my energy usage and dwell on the concept of 'essentials'. The advertising aspect doesn't really bother me.

[Demimonde]

I wasn't home, so the lights were out. Does that count? :idea2:

[Corona688]

Then obviously I wasn't talking about you now was I. Then what was your point? That you can't make everyone listen hardly changes the point of this, or of advertising in general.

[Watser?]

I wasn't home, so the lights were out. Does that count? :idea2:

:yeahthat: