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Thread ID: 98445 2009-03-25 06:49:00 So called "Earth Hour" somebody (208) PC World Chat
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759480 2009-03-26 02:18:00 Yeah Sweep but you might forget to turn it off when you go through the door.
A few crackling sounds and a blackened Sweep like the cartoons.


I just love the smell of burning Sweeps in the morning. Almost rivals the smell of crispy bacon. :clap
Sweep (90)
759481 2009-03-26 02:42:00 Earth Hour is going to become a burglar's dream. Up side to that - the cops will know what time its going to take place - only a matter of where :) wainuitech (129)
759482 2009-03-26 04:17:00 Up side to that - the cops will know what time its going to take place - only a matter of where :)

So maybe they could station a policeman at every house in the country :|
pine-o-cleen (2955)
759483 2009-03-26 05:13:00 Found this on wikipedia: (en.wikipedia.org)


Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007,[1] and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.

Mum wants us to participate, but the idea of walking around in the dark just seems mental :eek:

Plus it will mean no computer for an hour :eek:
davidmmac (4619)
759484 2009-03-26 07:53:00 Ha Haaaa
Here's an out:

......asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour......

Well, it's absolutely essential that I watch the Crusaders beat the Stormers on Sat night, so I will be leaving the TV on. And I need to have the lights on, otherwise I might stumble when I stagger to the fridge to get the next beer.............. On the other hand, there is absolutely no need to have any other lights on in the house.

So, while I think the whole thing is a load of cobblers, I will be participating anyhow.
TideMan (4279)
759485 2009-03-26 07:55:00 I guess the whole idea of it has raised a lot of awareness for the issue they're promoting - so even if you don't participate, the campaign has worked :) somebody (208)
759486 2009-03-26 22:12:00 Ill be at work running my 52 monitors with individual dvrs and our own self supported server room that holds our pcs and cameras and storage, as well as a back up system should the power be cut.
Oh and the coffee machine and the stereo and the ps3 and the phone chargers etc
rob_on_guitar (4196)
759487 2009-03-26 22:31:00 Doesn't really make sense to me turning off lights. Electricity is generated from a renewable resource. Wouldn't it be better to have say, no vehicles on the road (or similar) for one hour? That would be much more productive from an emissions "save the planet" point of view. Wheels (7227)
759488 2009-03-26 22:37:00 I suppose natural gas is renewable on a long enough time scale. shermo (12739)
759489 2009-03-26 23:44:00 I think Wheels was talking about natural liquid, ie. water :) Nermal (7077)
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