Earth Hour

[Catty1]

Look, I am the first to admit that Mother Nature has her own way of doing things, climate and all.

I think the rise of technology since the early 1800's has to have had SOME effect...how can it not affect the climate, even if it is not completely responsible?

Earth Hour is also about finding out what we can live without for an hour. Learning to limit the impact of human activity on the planet can only do the planet good.

Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater here. It's not a black and white situation, IMO. There are over 6 and half billion [EDITED] of us on this planet...how can the cumulative actions/inaction of that huge lot of humanity NOT have had SOME impact?

Let's each do what we can, and let Mother Nature handle the rest. She is more than capable.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I had all the lights off but the TV. I try to start turning the lights off around that time anyway, otherwise the cats go all "nocturnal hunter" and start spazzing around the house after we go to bed.

[blue]

There are over 40 billion of us on this planet.

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[Catty1]

People. Over 6 1/2 Billion [EDITED] people. Even if only 4 billion [EDITED] live in countries that have factories and cars and other technological wonders - it's easy to believe that these 'wonders' would have some effect on the climate of the planet. These human effects can be mitigated - to attribute it all to 'natural causes' is far fetched.

I know one symbolic hour will not make a tangible difference - in Ontario, use was down 6% from the norm - but it is symbolic. One gal I know couldn't even see turning off her TV for one hour - one stinkin' hour.

The hour is more about what it tells us about our mindset and attitudes, and those are what need a second look.

JMO

[blue]

People. 40 Billion people. Even if only 30 billion live in countries that have factories and cars and other technological wonders - it's easy to believe that these 'wonders' would have some effect on the climate of the planet. These human effects can be mitigated - to attribute it all to 'natural causes' is far fetched.

I know one symbolic hour will not make a tangible difference - in Ontario, use was down 6% from the norm - but it is symbolic. One gal I know couldn't even see turning off her TV for one hour - one stinkin' hour.

The hour is more about what it tells us about our mindset and attitudes, and those are what need a second look.

JMO

The world population hasnt reached 7 billion yet.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Well I MOSTLY participated. I turned off all the lights except the porchlight, which I just forgot about. I lit a big candle in every room BUT I did watch TV. Pearl Harbor was on the History channel and I didn't want to stop watching it. I did keep all lights off until Pearl Harbor was over though, which was 10 PM.

[pomtzu]

The world population hasnt reached 7 billion yet.

Gee - I was wondering when we had that population explosion!!!

[RICHARD]

Gee - I was wondering when we had that population explosion!!!

Gosh you all are so short on memory......the OCTOMOM is still out there, anything can happen!

[carole]

NZ was the first in the world to participate because of where we are, i did turn the lights off, but not the TV , i could not miss American Idol, we have the balloons over waikato festival on during that time, and the night glow was on, just down the road from my house at our local university, they even turned things off there, just leaving minimal lights for safety issues, so i guess that was a good example to set.

I looked around, sadly most of my neighbours had all their lights on, shame on you Kiwis.