Earth Hour

[gerryh]

Oh? is it almost time for me to turn on all my lights, my AC, and all my TV's all at once?

 

[L Gilbert]

Please disregard the blatant extremism Amber.

But if all the blinded Greenies took one clear look at what they are demanding, they would be less likely to judge and demand the nonsense they do.

It would take a cataclysmic event to change the way the world runs.

Every single piece of your life, other then the crap that comes out of either youth mouth or your ass touches a GHG producing industry.

Unless people are planning on taking complete leave of their senses, and turning the clock back 200 years. Then we are not going to change a frickin thing with a cute cuddly 'Earth hour'.

Yep. It's way too little and way too late for that.
There's just as much lunacy on the green side as there is on the pollution side.

 

[mentalfloss]

This is such a benign event to be taken so seriously. It's a bit of fun for an hour of novelty and that's about it. The fact that it's become a hot item for the environment haters is hilarious.

 

[Liberalman]

If we all turn off the lights for an hour think of the money the taxpayer has to pay to America for taking that power

 

[Blackleaf]

Let's hope nobody is killed when we are plunged into darkness.

What a load of garbage that article was.

No, it wasn't. It was a great article that gives the Green Loons something to think about.

 

[Spade]

Let's hope nobody is killed when we are plunged into darkness.

Go figure. I thought the sun never set on the British Empire.

 

[SLM]

So much negativity! Can no one think of any enjoyable activities to do by candle light for an hour?

 

[Spade]

I have a solution for the land of the Black Leaves.

Go to quadruple daylight-savings time so Earth Hour occurs in the mid afternoon. Britain's not in darkness 24/7 is it?

So much negativity! Can no one think of any enjoyable activities to do by candle light for an hour?

Please bring candles; CC posters will supply the whine.

 

[SLM]

I have a solution for the land of the Black Leaves.

Go to quadruple daylight-savings time so Earth Hour occurs in the mid afternoon. Britain's not in darkness 24/7 is it?



Please bring candles; CC posters will supply the whine.

Wrong kind of wine.

Just trying to take a frown and turn it upside down.

 

[Spade]

Just trying to take a frown
And turn it upside down.

That's sheer poetry! Enough to soften the darkest heart.

 

[SLM]

That's sheer poetry! Enough to soften the darkest heart.

"How to make Earth Hour work for you!"

I should be a motivational speaker.

 

[DaSleeper]

I'll celebrate earth day to-morrow morning.....
Planned power interuption from 9 to noon for upgrading the system...meaning one major transformer to change:smile:
Five or six streets will be out of power....

 

[CDNBear]

The fact that it's become a hot item for the environment haters is hilarious.

How does that divisiveness help the environment?

 

[gerryh]

This is such a benign event to be taken so seriously. It's a bit of fun for an hour of novelty and that's about it. The fact that it's become a hot item for the environment haters is hilarious.

Environment haters?????????????????????????

 

[skookumchuck]

:lol: Better we all held our breath for even a minute or so, think of all the CO2 that would not go into the atmosphere;-)

 

[Spade]

Environment haters?????????????????????????

To clarify,
Antienvironmentalistism

:lol: Better we all held our breath for even a minute or so, think of all the CO2 that would not go into the atmosphere;-)

O boy, math.
With each breath, a person exhales approximately 1 g of CO2.
On average, a person exhales 20 times a minute, or 40 times in two minutes.
That's 40 g/person.
There are 7 billion of us on Earth.
So, people exhale 280 000 000 000 g of CO2 every two minutes.
That's 280 000 000 kg
Or, 280 000 tonnes.

Now, if some would do it for a full hour....

 

[Tonington]

To clarify,
Antienvironmentalistism



O boy, math.
With each breath, a person exhales approximately 1 g of CO2.
On average, a person exhales 20 times a minute, or 40 times in two minutes.
That's 40 g/person.
There are 7 billion of us on Earth.
So, people exhale 280 000 000 000 g of CO2 every two minutes.
That's 280 000 000 kg
Or, 280 000 tonnes.

Now, if some would do it for a full hour....

And to complete your math, humans are carbon neutral. The exhaled carbon comes from carbon we ingested. Part of the carbon cycle. To compare us to sequestered carbon proliferated by combustion, well that's nuttery.

 

[damngrumpy]

Gives the masses something to do so they feel part of something bigger than themselves.
The real fact is they want you to use less power, they want you to take transit and the
reason is simple. They need power and fuel for the business world and the elite so they
can ride past your transit bus in their fancy sport cars.
I will turn on every light in my house, and turn on the TV the stereo and anything I can find
Turn on the mixers and have a party.
Seriously this is a joke and a nasty one at that

 

[L Gilbert]

Seems like a waste of money to me to keep lights, tvs, etc. on when not being used but it's your money.

 

[Spade]

And to complete your math, humans are carbon neutral. The exhaled carbon comes from carbon we ingested. Part of the carbon cycle. To compare us to sequestered carbon proliferated by combustion, well that's nuttery.

True! True if we didn't use fossil fuels for agriculture.