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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsK & R this thread to remind everyone to turn off lights between 8:30 and 9:30 tonight - actually
turn off as many things as you can.
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K & R this thread to remind everyone to turn off lights between 8:30 and 9:30 tonight - actually (Original Post)
snagglepuss
Mar 2012
OP
K& R!! I'm doing it already. Typing by candlelight with my wine and laptop... lovely! nt
riderinthestorm
Mar 2012
#4
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)1. Why? I missed this one.
BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)2. Earth Hour. n/t
onehandle
(51,122 posts)3. I'm on Amtrak tonight.
Electricity is a byproduct of the Engine, and it's mass transit, so I did my part.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)4. K& R!! I'm doing it already. Typing by candlelight with my wine and laptop... lovely! nt
great white snark
(2,646 posts)5. K&R for Earth Hour.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)6. Lights off, computer on. n/t
Johnny Rico
(1,438 posts)7. Not turning anything off. Silly symbolism.
If you want be in the dark, feel free...! To each their own.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)8. The last Earth Hour organized by Delhi government, the city had saved 1000
MegaWatts of electricity in one hour by voluntarily switching off all non-essential lights. Silly symbolism?
obey
(66 posts)11. They didn't save anything
Not one drop of oil, not one lump of coal nor one gram of uranium. The generating facilities still had to keep running, they don't shut down.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)9. As long as I can keep my TV on
Watching basketball.
obey
(66 posts)10. The whole mentality around Earth Hour demonizes electricity.
I cannot do that, instead I celebrate it and all that it has provided for humanity