frededwards Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 If we all take that attitude, then true, nothing will happen. But if all the people who say it's pointless actually made one small change, it would add up. No one is pretending it's not a massive task to alter the unsustainable ways of industrialised society. The point is they will alter, but only when it's too late and the very environment we exist within starts to crumble around us. In that case, I think it's actually a good idea to try and do something about it before the effects of environmental abuse really take hold. What it comes down to is 'don't **** on your own doorstep'. You've just proved it with your post above - we aren't living in isolated bubbles, the actions of others halfway across the world affect people everywhere. So if you don't like that, you really ought to try and make something happen to improve it. The green movement is just a bunch of sanctimonious, niave buffons peddling a load of cod-science to promote their own agenda, stopping using aerosols and fitting useless light bulbs is NOT going to do a damn thing. Grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Wont be switching off the lights at our place.... that's for sure. TV will be going full blast with DVR recording favourite shows (DVRs consume chronic amounts of electricity) Fridge will on high keeping the beer cold and PC on and running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOnline Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Wont be switching off the lights at our place.... that's for sure. TV will be going full blast with DVR recording favourite shows (DVRs consume chronic amounts of electricity) Fridge will on high keeping the beer cold and PC on and running TV will be going full blast with DVR recording favourate shows.? A typical yank then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 What will I be doing? I'm watching a deeply offensive programme on BBC 2 called How God made the English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Didn't this used to be on the same day as the clocks changed? It nearly always is. Earth Hour is on the last Saturday in March, but the clocks - although we all think of it as "Saturday night" - change at 1am on the last Sunday in March. It so happens that this year, the last Saturday is the 31st, which means the last Sunday is not the day after, it was six days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 If everybody was to turn off not just the lights, but all electrical appliances between 8:30 pm and 9:30pm local time, would the nuclear power stations stop producing electricity? How about the wind-turbines? Or the gas-powered power stations? - Would they shut down for an hour? What would happen to all the unused electricity? It sounds a bit gimmicky. Surely it would be better to replace all the incandescent light bulbs with low-energy bulbs and save a bit every day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 TV will be going full blast with DVR recording favourate shows.? A typical yank then.... That's right. You can watch one show while the DVR is recording another of your favourite shows on a different channel Then after that show has been recorded it can be programmed to record another show on yet another channel. Hours and hours if you want. magic aint it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphee Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Wont be switching off the lights at our place.... that's for sure. TV will be going full blast with DVR recording favourite shows (DVRs consume chronic amounts of electricity) Fridge will on high keeping the beer cold and PC on and running Do you think people who support this event are going to burst into tears? The point of switching off lights in cities is to make a visible gesture at one specific moment in support of the idea of conserving energy. It's not actually meant to make a significant dent in consumption. To do that, you have to make small changes in your everyday life, which add up if enough people do it together. What would be so difficult about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InigoMontoya Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Do you think people who support this event are going to burst into tears? The point of switching off lights in cities is to make a visible gesture at one specific moment in support of the idea of conserving energy. It's not actually meant to make a significant dent in consumption. To do that, you have to make small changes in your everyday life, which add up if enough people do it together. What would be so difficult about that? So why not turn the lights out all the time if they're not needed? It's gesture politics of the worst and most cynical kind - none of these office blocks, corporations, and floodlit public places have the slightest iota of seriously supporting this, and they're taking for mugs people who fall for their patronising "greenwash". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphee Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 So why not turn the lights out all the time if they're not needed? It's gesture politics of the worst and most cynical kind - none of these office blocks, corporations, and floodlit public places have the slightest iota of seriously supporting this, and they're taking for mugs people who fall for their patronising "greenwash". "So why not turn the lights out all the time if they're not needed?" Yes, that's the whole point. Clearly we can't all live in the dark, but there are many ways to reduce consumption and allow ourselves to keep a lifestyle whilst population levels (and energy demands) grow and grow. It's true, there may be varying levels of sincerity, but it's the follow up that matters. 1) are people made aware? 2) Do they consider the issues? 3) Do they take action? 4) Do they keep on taking action? If you don't like the event, fine. But then by definition shouldn't that make you want to do something more permanent and real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.