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| Thread ID: 98445 | 2009-03-25 06:49:00 | So called "Earth Hour" | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 759450 | 2009-03-25 06:49:00 | Will you be participating? If so why? If not, why not? My concern is the impact that this will have on our power network. Remember during Y2K the power companies made a big deal of telling people not to turn off their appliances, as the sudden spike in demand as people turn things back on could overload the grid? Remember the power companies issuing similar warnings when Auckland wanted to do a "blackout" campaign in support of a sports team? It is interesting to me that they have stayed relatively silent on this issue. Thoughts/comments? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 759451 | 2009-03-25 06:53:00 | More "pie-in-the-sky" PC madness. Count me out. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 759452 | 2009-03-25 07:19:00 | 8.30pm Saturday 28 March 2009. Hmmmmm Yep we'll be turning off the lights :D BUT thats only because thats the time we always have our movie nights - fire up the media center - crank up the stereo for theater effects - turn off the lights and hit Play :) Edited: but the movies are 1 1/2 - 2 hours damnnnnn |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 759453 | 2009-03-25 07:24:00 | Pretty sure Children of Men is on at that time. Damn good movie so screw earth hour. | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 759454 | 2009-03-25 07:53:00 | I'll be doing everything I can to offset it. I'll turn on every appliance I have, burn car tyres in the back yard, eat more food, and chop down a tree. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 759455 | 2009-03-25 07:54:00 | It's OK guys - I'm going to turn ALL my lights on to try to counteract all the pretentious PC Greenies.... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 759456 | 2009-03-25 09:04:00 | I will help save energy by uninstalling a copy of Norton's Anti Productivity Suite. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 759457 | 2009-03-25 09:38:00 | my flatmates are pushing me to power off..... they can turn off the lights, they can turn off the TV, even my workstation. the server stays up!. and my laptop..... |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 759458 | 2009-03-25 14:50:00 | Untwist your knickers, those of you flapping about like headless chooks... It's lights out for one hour. Nobody's suggesting other appliances are involved. In my own case, that would mean turning off 2 switches in one room at 8.30pm and saving a whole 200 watts. And I could still see indoors by the light of my telly... or my monitor... or perhaps the fanatical glow from the eyes of distant Anti-Earth Hour worriers might reach even here? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 759459 | 2009-03-25 17:24:00 | 8.30pm Saturday 28 March 2009. Hmmmmm Yep we'll be turning off the lights :D BUT thats only because thats the time we always have our movie nights - fire up the media center - crank up the stereo for theater effects - turn off the lights and hit Play :) Edited: but the movies are 1 1/2 - 2 hours damnnnnnYou'll have to do Earth Hour and a Half then :p Might do it, but only coz we'll be doing the same thing... watching a movie |
Myth (110) | ||
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