Earth Hour

2008-03-28 18:09:04

#1

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6913|Canberra, AUS

At 8pm tonight is Earth Hour (well, 8pm on the 29th if you're in America). Basically for one hour, you turn off your lights and all non-essential electrical appliances.

http://www.earthhour.org/

Especially if you're in the following participating cities:

Asia and the Pacific

Lautoka, Fiji
Suva, Fiji
Adelaide, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Canberra, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Perth, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Christchurch, New Zealand
Bangkok, Thailand
Manila, Philippines
Singapore, Singapore
Dubai, UAE
Tel Aviv, Israel
New Delhi, India
Europe

Århus, Denmark
Aalborg, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Odense, Denmark
Lugoj, Romania
Timişoara, Romania
Exeter, England
Cardiff and South East Wales, Wales
Dublin, Ireland
Örebro, Sweden
Trondheim, Norway

North America

Atlanta, United States
Wilmington, United States
Saginaw, United States
Chicago, United States
Charlotte, United States
Honolulu, United States
Martha's Vineyard, United States
Glendale, United States
Arlington, United States
Norman, United States
St. Louis, United States
Minneapolis, United States
Denver, United States
Bridgeport, United States
San Clemente, United States
Miami, United States
Muskegon, United States
Portland, United States
Phoenix, United States
San Francisco, United States
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nova Scotia, Canada
Quebec, Canada
New Brunswick, Canada
Ontario, Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Toronto, Canada
British Columbia, Canada
Alberta, Canada

Last edited by Spark (2008-03-28 20:16:02)

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2008-03-28 18:13:39

#2

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6528|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

Er...

8 PM was an hour ago is in 23 hours.

Last edited by cowami (2008-03-28 18:14:22)

2008-03-28 18:15:24

#3

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6977|Toronto | Canada

Spark wrote:
The following cities:
Quebec, Canada
New Brunswick, Canada
Ontario, Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
British Columbia, Canada
Alberta, Canada

Those aren't cities... and Toronto is in Ontario

2008-03-28 18:17:24

#4

d4rkph03n1x: Member; +131|6988

You forgot Gold Coast, QLD, Australia! And my household is participating.

2008-03-28 18:24:46

#5

Braddock: Agitator; +916|6528|Éire

Some of the big restaurants in town (Dublin) are serving evening meals by candlelight only tomorrow evening apparently.

Google have 'switched off the lights' too! www.google.ie

2008-03-28 18:27:33

#6

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|6882

LA aint up on the list so Im good

2008-03-28 18:46:17

#7

GravyDan: Back from the Grave(y); +768|6170|CA

I'm in...just as soon as I drag the gasoline generators out of the garage.

2008-03-28 19:14:31

#8

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6788|CH/BR - in UK

And once again google is on its own.

-konfusion

2008-03-28 19:15:53

#9

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6859|London, England

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
London aint up on the list so Im good

2008-03-28 19:55:49

#10

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|6882

doesnt London=England?

2008-03-28 19:58:45

#11

462nd NSP653: Devout Moderate, Empty Head.; +57|6922

The lack of electrical consumption in the North American power grid will cause the appliances in non-participating cities like mine to get increasingly faster, glow increasingly brighter until ---- Kaaaappooowww!!!!

Last edited by 462nd NSP653 (2008-03-28 20:00:02)

2008-03-28 20:08:15

#12

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6704|Melbourne - Home of Football

I was thinking of switching off my power at the mains, and going all paganistic for an hour. I've invited the family over, there is a chance now that everyone will actually talk with one another.

2008-03-28 20:13:46

#13

Strngs012: Could I have 10,000 marbles please; +40|6656|Florida

No thanks, instead I'll just turn on every light, tv, computer, dishwasher, washer, dryer, garbage disposal, blender, toaster, in the house. Just because I can.

2008-03-28 20:20:04

#14

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6199|Washington DC

Mek-Izzle wrote:
GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
Czargrad/DC aint up on the list so Im good

Anyways, instead of organizing a single hour of the thousands of hours we're still gonna live through, why don't we do something like research better energy sources? Hydrogen, LED lights, nuclear. I understand the gesture, but there's way better things people could do instead of turning off lights.

Last edited by HurricaИe (2008-03-28 20:21:09)

2008-03-28 20:44:40

#15

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|6960|Sydney, Australia

HurricaИe wrote:
I understand the gesture, but there's way better things people could do instead of turning off lights.

QFT...

Hey, I can turn my lights off, but the power station is still generating the electricity, still churning out the same amont of CO2...

2008-03-28 21:08:51

#16

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6913|Canberra, AUS

mcminty wrote:
HurricaИe wrote:
I understand the gesture, but there's way better things people could do instead of turning off lights.
QFT...

Hey, I can turn my lights off, but the power station is still generating the electricity, still churning out the same amont of CO2...

Supply-and-demand on an instantaneous basis. If not many people are using power, less power is produced.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2008-03-28 23:20:24

#17

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6919|Disaster Free Zone

pft, I have an assignment to do, no way I'm turning of the lights (or computer). And anyway I had my 'earth hour' 2 weeks ago when we had a 3 hour black out.

2008-03-29 00:00:17

#18

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|6960|Sydney, Australia

Spark wrote:
mcminty wrote:
HurricaИe wrote:
I understand the gesture, but there's way better things people could do instead of turning off lights.
QFT...

Hey, I can turn my lights off, but the power station is still generating the electricity, still churning out the same amont of CO2...
Supply-and-demand on an instantaneous basis. If not many people are using power, less power is produced.

Power stations, such as those in the Hunter region north of Sydney (Canberra also gets its power from there?), aren't able to just turn their generators on an off on a whim. I understand that to fire up a generator, it takes something in the order of a day... not nearly instantaneous when compared to the hour time frame of 'earth hour'.

Anyway, it's these coal burning plants that provide the base-load for the energy grid. NSW/VIC does have instantaneous capacity - the Snowy Mountains Scheme - to deal with peak demand... which is usually at night and early morning. Earth Hour, being at night, would then first cut into the peak energy requirements... which are powered by hyrdo-electric power, not coal.

2008-03-29 00:05:14

#19

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6468|NSW, Australia

cowami wrote:
Er...

8 PM was an hour ago is in 23 hours.

stuppid american

2008-03-29 00:10:50

#20

Commie Killer: Member; +192|6625

So if your in one of those listed cities, and you dont turn off your light, then what?

2008-03-29 00:18:43

#21

SenorToenails: Veritas et Scientia; +444|6368|North Tonawanda, NY

Nappy wrote:
stuppid american

stuppid? Niiiice.

2008-03-29 00:46:26

#22

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6913|Canberra, AUS

Commie Killer wrote:
So if your in one of those listed cities, and you dont turn off your light, then what?

Nothing, it's a voluntary thing...

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2008-03-29 00:48:06

#23

BVC: Member; +325|6934

I'm in Christchruch, New Zealand and I couldn't care less. I'd rather not game in the dark, thanks.

2008-03-29 00:49:13

#24

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6391|what

Spark wrote:
Commie Killer wrote:
So if your in one of those listed cities, and you dont turn off your light, then what?
Nothing, it's a voluntary thing...

Although there might be some tree huggers roaming the streets who'll throw a rock through your window if they see a light on.

2008-03-29 00:50:34

#25

Commie Killer: Member; +192|6625

TheAussieReaper wrote:
Spark wrote:
Commie Killer wrote:
So if your in one of those listed cities, and you dont turn off your light, then what?
Nothing, it's a voluntary thing...
Although there might be some tree huggers roaming the streets who'll throw a rock through your window if they see a light on.

Oh fuck them. Anyways, this thing is probably gonna cause more harm then good in the long run, fucking up the power grid and all. Not to mention, the electrical devices still on will run the risk of being damaged by a surge.

Last edited by Commie Killer (2008-03-29 00:51:33)

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