Earth Hour
 

Earth Hour

So today it will be earth hour. For those of you who don't know what it is, the point is to make as many people on our planet as possible turn off their lights for one hour. In this timezone, it happens at 8:30 to 9:30 PM. You can click the link above to check when it's on where you're at.

Me and the GF are inviting people over for food and getting drunk and when earth hour starts, we'll turn off the lights, replace the stereo with acoustic guitars, flutes and accordians and light some candles.

Anyone else here gonna turn their lights off?

I'm going to celebrate by using as much electricity as I can while leaving the car running.

lolz ur so cynical

Anyone else?

Why would i do that Tore... AFTER ALL ITS A CONVENIENCE RIGHT!!!! ELECTRICITY HELPS EXPAND BUSINESS TO NEW LEVELS ECT.... I BET YOU WONT TURN YOUR CELLULAR PHONE OFF THOUGH GOD FORBID... FREAKING WHACK JOB...

Honesty 1 hour will do nothing at all except save you pennies and prolong 1 hour of what ever the earths outcome is.

I think the point is the message, to prove that it's possible to work together across border and do something like this. Noone working in electricity is going to lose any sleep over this, so I think you can calm down. Also, I don't expect selfish morons to participate so you're probably excused.

Go to my post "Watch this" Tore,

Your working to save fossile fuels thats cool ok I understand your desire to help. Regardless of what you do your change is minimal and I think that if you look around are more pressing changes that need to take place.

Saving on your electrical bill to me with everthing that is going on seems selfish. Now if you wanna talk after watching the video i posted maybe we could agree that we can help each other with on a larger level.

Holy crap, didn't you read my post? I said the important thing was the message, I'm not in it to save a lousy penny on electricity or because I think it will help the environment. It's because of the symbolism. It shows how people across borders can make an effort together.

What the hell does a 2 hour long video about the corruption of America have to do with Earth Hour and me turning the lights off?

Your goals are minimal, my goals are large just watch it...

In summary what you will notice is that Obama has not followed through with anything. The Troops are still over there and the wait for them to come home keeps getting extended. He promised to get rid of the patriot act but now supports it, He has actually doubled the amount of troops in Iraq. This list goes on.

He is a puppet controlled by the banking elite and there are to many gullible ppl here just watch it.

I don't want your conspiracy posts in my Earth Hour thread, please. It's off topic posting.

Sorry...

if you were down with the lorax you'd know that it takes an earth life to make any difference.

You mean to say there's no use trying to improve things because people won't ever learn unless they seriously screw up first?

Maybe you're generalizing people a bit too much. And again, this is about the message, not saving the environment by turning lights off for one hour. We all know it doesn't work like that.

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I find it odd that a positive global attempt at getting people to collaborate on something as simple as turning lights off can generate so much cynicism and spite :p

i have no idea where you derived that meaning from what i said, because my message was very simple. in order to "save the planet" and truly make a difference, then you have to spend your entire life, meaining every facet of your day to day, working to improve the environment to make a difference. earth hour is just a means of placating millions of people and convincing them that their miniscule hour-long efforts are noble so they can sleep at night.

Alright, then I misunderstood, sorry for that.

As you know, in the Lorax story, the Once-ler cuts down the entire forest to make "thneed", a garment that he thinks people need. The Lorax living in the forest tells him not to, but the Once-ler doesn't listen. After the forest is cut down, all the creatures that live there go away, the thneed factories shut down and the Once-ler is alone. It's not until that point that he realizes how wrong it was of him to cut down the trees to start with ..

In other words, the Once-ler had to **** up before he could understand what the lorax meant. I thought your message was similar, that people won't get it until they've ****ed up. ;)

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Yeah, damn those earth guys for believing that it's possible to change things for the better :p

Save it all... idot

George Carlin - Saving the Planet - Video

agreed... pathedic

From now on, I'm gonna stop thinking myself and just let George Carlin do it for me. He does it so well.

I just wish he managed to be funny too, that would be something huh?

Dont you get it... I figure this is the only way to get through to you... Where did you get you earth hour idea?? Ill tell you the mass media, Yes we are all victims but honestly regardless of what you do... "go on a quest to save the world" by turning your f-ing lights out for a whole hour god bless you... Oh and your other idea that we can bring everyone together that's laughable... The very ppl in your post that have said anything against your arrogance have all been made fun of or dismissed. If you ask me that's a poor attempt at bringing everyone together. How about you explain yourself rather than making negitive judgmental comments mr bring us all together.
Notice how your post is full of anger? Are you a war monger?? So how about you do with out it forever...
maybe that would be a little better...

You should have just called this post "Sacrifices that i make because I care about my own agenda and if you dont F-U:wave:"

Get it!!!!!!

Alright, what is it that you want me to explain, Mr. Cornelius?

How the f are you bringing everyone together by turning your lights out for an hour? What is your purpose, is it like lent, only with lights??

It just seems like an excuse to play instruments that were all made by the same thing that powers you light bulb. If you just wanna party with the lights out do me a favor lift the seat, and don't make pointless posts.

What's lent?

Basically, it's an awareness campaign on global warming. It does so by trying to make people shut off their lights for one day, thus showing that it is possible to do a collective effort on a grand scale.

Uhm, no - it's not. Also, I didn't know that my flute and acoustic guitar was powered by electricity. Fascinating!

Uhm, it's not really about partying. Look up or you could also read the first post, the OP, the thread starter.

And you can check out this site : Earth Hour

I know you probably won't because you seem to think that participating in a global event in an attempt to spread a little optmism and "can-do" mentality is horribly arrogant. You're free to feel that way, but if that's how it is, could you do it somewhere else?

Me and the GF are inviting people over for food and getting drunk and when earth hour starts, we'll turn off the lights, replace the stereo with acoustic guitars, flutes and accordians and light some candles.

Global warming is natural not something that we created... The sun goes through cycles to.

All of your insturments were made using more than just an hour of light bulb usage.

And from the top post it looks like your going to have the fidge on which cunsumes a hell of alot more energy than your lights...

How about when i start my earth day i just go to bed rather than having a bunch of drunk ppl pissing in my toilet using gallons of water and opening and closing my refrigerator to only use more energy. Seems like to me that your going to consume more energy than you would if you left the lights on.

So... Yes enjoy that...

As I wrote and will write for the fourth time now, it's about showing that it is possible to do a collective effort on a grand scale.

Like you, I don't have great belief in the impact of earth hour on the environment, something I've made clear a long time ago .. It's not what it's about. Just understand that this time, please?

That's like going to the store for nothing... Just about pointless can u understand this time??

If we all turn our lights off when its dark then we have done something wonderful..

On a grander scale if everyone did what you were doing tonight i bet it would consume more energy than their light bulbs... not that hard to figure out.. so basically your attempts to do something positive are taken away by your inability to do it yourself... basically my earth day will be more productive than yours and i dont even have to try?? Do you understand what i am saying??

So you should not be mad at me since i contributed...

Except your earth day won't reach out and convey a message to millions and thus becomes rather pointless.

It's the message. Message.

M -E - S - S - A - G - E.

Tell me Yukon, how did it happen to you? If you tell us, maybe we can try and keep it from happening to others.

so your a hypocrite, you ask others to do what you yourself are not willing to do?? I guess we need more of you...

I make it habit to keep all the lights off in the house until I really need it, like if I'm reading or playing guitar.

I am going to be turning off all the non essential electrical devices for the night and am going out to get a few candles and just have a nice relaxing evening in candlelight and acoustic tunes.

Good deal, By the way where is everyone from?

I'll probably turn all the lights off for like 8 hours when I'm sleeping and stuff and maybe again around noon when it's light outside.

We're devoting a whole hour to the earth now?

Selfish bitch.

i probably wont participate

hahahah

exactly what I was waiting for. thank you, thank you.

while we're on the topic of energy, has anyone heard of geothermal energy?

yup i have

What'd George Carlin have to say about it?

I probably won't be participating in this, but I applaud your efforts.

What are you talking about?

Yukon, could you try not being a cynical ******* for 2 seconds?

I mean, I understand where it comes from, I have a rather negative view on the big picture of life, the difference is I'm not taking a huge crap over anybody else that has a little bit of optimisim. I think the idea is nice just because its a nice way to give a little bit of confirmation that the world isn't completely filled with a bunch of cynical *******s like you.

Guess it kinda is with that reply...

Eh I took part in it and I don't really understand how you can get so upset one way or the other about it seeing as it's a symbolic thing designed to make people think and hopefully started turning off their lights regularly. There's nothing wrong with conserving power.

He isn't a "cynical *******." Those two words seem to imply (at least to me, not to oxford) a certain sense of dark skepticism rooted in intelligence. There's a difference between that and someone who blindly wants to go against any and all masses and popular opinion (and just plain history) because he thinks it makes him look intelligent.

Also George Carlin is just a comedian Yukon. That little bit is amusing but the stuff that's right is obvious (e.g. the earth will probably survive global warming but we won't) and the stuff that's stupid is just stupid. Why don't you believe in global warming?

I "took part", sort of. Well, I turned off all the lights and drove to a place that overlooks the city, parked at the side of the road and popped in 'Chulahoma' and just vibed for 45 minutes. Then I drove to the store and bought beer, came home and turned on the lights and drank myself stupid.

Technically my lights were off (even though I used other energy), and I even missed the last 15 minutes of Alladin to participate- that's REAL sacrifice.

I salute you.

^^^