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  • LaOsLaOs SaskatoonRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I heard that they (not sure who the "they" is in this case) were going to push back Earth Hour until after Hockey Night in Canada.

    I laughed.

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    I'll be sure to keep my lights on between 8 and 9 tonight.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yeah, uh, why wouldn't they pick an hour when it's still light enough out to maybe open up a window shade and read a book?

    Energy save shmenergy shmave.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    When the hour hit in Israel, Google.co.il made its background black for the duration. Remember that version of Google that's all black, claiming it saves energy? Google said (rightly) at the time that it wasn't true. Whoops.
    Summary: turn off your lights for an hour tonight and see what kind of energy you can save.

    Who gets power bills that detailed?

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  • LaOsLaOs SaskatoonRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Æthelred wrote: »
    When the hour hit in Israel, Google.co.il made its background black for the duration. Remember that version of Google that's all black, claiming it saves energy? Google said (rightly) at the time that it wasn't true. Whoops.

    That's why Google is black today.

    Duh. I am dumb.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hah, you're right; .ca is black too. .com isn't.
    Google wrote:
    As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy-

    Just to raise awareness then. I guess they'll go back, although I've heard it's hard to.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yea, the university down here is planning some events and such for Earth Hour. Figure I'll at least shut all my electronics and lights off for that one hour to contribute.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    My google.com is black.

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  • Andrew_JayAndrew_Jay Registered User regular
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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    Oh Earth hour. Apparently we turned off the lights, but the fact I was running my projector in the basement the whole time almost certainly offsets it.

    tl;dr - Earth Hour is a retarded red herring of environmentalism.

    Hear, hear. We dimmed the lights so the neighbours wouldn't hate us and kept watching DVDs :P

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    The Cat wrote: »
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    Oh Earth hour. Apparently we turned off the lights, but the fact I was running my projector in the basement the whole time almost certainly offsets it.

    tl;dr - Earth Hour is a retarded red herring of environmentalism.

    Hear, hear. We dimmed the lights so the neighbours wouldn't hate us and kept watching DVDs :P

    I'd venture that no one else in my 100-apartment building even knows what the fuck Earth Hour is. Bravo to Aussies for knowing, I guess.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I am going to turn on more lights than usual, because there is nothing I hate more than a congratulatory pat-on-the-back masturbatory cause. Now all we need is a celebrity to announce it on a commercial.
    Seriously? Why not, pick up trash on your roads for an hour? Why not, read up on proper environmental procedures for an hour? Something productive instead of something easy.

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »
    I am going to turn on more lights than usual, because there is nothing I hate more than a congratulatory pat-on-the-back masturbatory cause. Now all we need is a celebrity to announce it on a commercial.
    Seriously? Why not, pick up trash on your roads for an hour? Why not, read up on proper environmental procedures for an hour? Something productive instead of something easy.

    Like an hour long masturathon. It skips the unnecessary bullshit.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Satan. wrote: »
    Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »
    I am going to turn on more lights than usual, because there is nothing I hate more than a congratulatory pat-on-the-back masturbatory cause. Now all we need is a celebrity to announce it on a commercial.
    Seriously? Why not, pick up trash on your roads for an hour? Why not, read up on proper environmental procedures for an hour? Something productive instead of something easy.

    Like an hour long masturathon. It skips the unnecessary bullshit.
    That's what I did.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    If we save energy for an hour, and then use more energy, what's the fucking point?

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    Satan. wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    Oh Earth hour. Apparently we turned off the lights, but the fact I was running my projector in the basement the whole time almost certainly offsets it.

    tl;dr - Earth Hour is a retarded red herring of environmentalism.

    Hear, hear. We dimmed the lights so the neighbours wouldn't hate us and kept watching DVDs :P

    I'd venture that no one else in my 100-apartment building even knows what the fuck Earth Hour is. Bravo to Aussies for knowing, I guess.

    Its a global thing. Media made a huge deal of it here. I work for one of the state government departments that handles enviro stuff, so we were under very strict orders to turn the dang office lights off on Friday afternoon :P

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  • Satan.Satan. __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    The Cat wrote: »
    Satan. wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    Oh Earth hour. Apparently we turned off the lights, but the fact I was running my projector in the basement the whole time almost certainly offsets it.

    tl;dr - Earth Hour is a retarded red herring of environmentalism.

    Hear, hear. We dimmed the lights so the neighbours wouldn't hate us and kept watching DVDs :P

    I'd venture that no one else in my 100-apartment building even knows what the fuck Earth Hour is. Bravo to Aussies for knowing, I guess.

    Its a global thing. Media made a huge deal of it here. I work for one of the state government departments that handles enviro stuff, so we were under very strict orders to turn the dang office lights off on Friday afternoon :P

    I barely heard a peep out of the MSM in the 'states. Ah well, fuck the world anyway.
    Am I doing "American" right?

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'll do Earth Hour one better. I'll turn all my lights off for 8 hours tonight, from about 2 a.m. to 10 a.m.!
    Just like I do every night.
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    tl;dr - Earth Hour is a retarded red herring of environmentalism.

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  • Andrew_JayAndrew_Jay Registered User regular
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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    This kind of retarded shit hurts environmentalism.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    My computer is on so I guess I'm not doing the whole "earth hour" thing

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  • Spacehog85Spacehog85 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Who else sees a lawsuit coming of this?

    "Man turns off lights for earth hour, trips over pet cat, breaks neck"

    More at 11

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  • saggiosaggio Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Zoolander wrote: »
    This kind of retarded shit hurts environmentalism.

    You are an idiot.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    saggio wrote: »
    Zoolander wrote: »
    This kind of retarded shit hurts environmentalism.

    You are an idiot.
    No he's right.
    Indeed, it cheapens actual motivation and cause.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    electricitylikesme wrote: »
    saggio wrote: »
    Zoolander wrote: »
    This kind of retarded shit hurts environmentalism.

    You are an idiot.
    No he's right.

    No, he's not. Its a waste of time from a real-world coal saving point of view, but its a perfectly acceptable awareness-raising tool and only bitter know-nothings who don't care about anything but the bottom line CO2 usage think this.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    hahahaha

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  • HearthjawHearthjaw Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hearthjaw wrote: »
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

    It does hurt in the respect that there are monumentally stupid people out there who go "hurr hurr is this what the environmental movement spends its time on?" .. but those people are probably lost to the cause anyway.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Hearthjaw wrote: »
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

    It does hurt in the respect that there are monumentally stupid people out there who go "hurr hurr is this what the environmental movement spends its time on?" .. but those people are probably lost to the cause anyway.

    Those are basically the people who bitched about the advent of unleaded petrol. Presumably because they liked to sprinkle a few drops onto the paint chips they'd been nibbling.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    The Cat wrote: »
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Hearthjaw wrote: »
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

    It does hurt in the respect that there are monumentally stupid people out there who go "hurr hurr is this what the environmental movement spends its time on?" .. but those people are probably lost to the cause anyway.

    Those are basically the people who bitched about the advent of unleaded petrol. Presumably because they liked to sprinkle a few drops onto the paint chips they'd been nibbling.
    Shouldn't you be not shaving your armpits or something?
    Since we are going to stereotype and oversimplify problems.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Hearthjaw wrote: »
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

    It does hurt in the respect that there are monumentally stupid people out there who go "hurr hurr is this what the environmental movement spends its time on?" .. but those people are probably lost to the cause anyway.

    Those are basically the people who bitched about the advent of unleaded petrol. Presumably because they liked to sprinkle a few drops onto the paint chips they'd been nibbling.
    Shouldn't you be not shaving your armpits or something?
    Since we are going to stereotype and oversimplify problems.
    Don't be an idiot. Anti-greens hate any publicity surrounding environmental issues, and will trash any attempt to open discussion. They also have a habit of using the actual enviro-nuts as a stick with which to marginalise people who actually know what they're talking about. Like me! So yes, I'm going to go ahead and use a little humorous hyperbole about them from time to time, and you're going to fucking well deal with it.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    The Cat wrote: »
    Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Hearthjaw wrote: »
    Meh, if it enourages people and businesses to turn of lights/appliances when they're not using them then power to 'em. I don't really see how earth hour really hurts environmentalism.

    It does hurt in the respect that there are monumentally stupid people out there who go "hurr hurr is this what the environmental movement spends its time on?" .. but those people are probably lost to the cause anyway.

    Those are basically the people who bitched about the advent of unleaded petrol. Presumably because they liked to sprinkle a few drops onto the paint chips they'd been nibbling.
    Shouldn't you be not shaving your armpits or something?
    Since we are going to stereotype and oversimplify problems.
    Don't be an idiot. Anti-greens hate any publicity surrounding environmental issues, and will trash any attempt to open discussion. They also have a habit of using the actual enviro-nuts as a stick with which to marginalise people who actually know what they're talking about. Like me! So yes, I'm going to go ahead and use a little humorous hyperbole about them from time to time, and you're going to fucking well deal with it.
    I'm just going to pretend like you aren't doing this right now.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    do you even have an opinion in this thread, fuzzy? What the hell is your problem? Explain your reasoning instead of posting bitchy little troll posts.

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  • PicardathonPicardathon Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I liked this idea not because of the energy saving, but rather because this was the largest attempted wave in human history.
    I hope it works just for the pictures.

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