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kittycat1 Mar 30th 2012 12:06 pm

Earth Hour
 
For any fellow tree hugging hippies out there its Earth hour tomorrow night, so buy some candles and switch off for an hour- 8.30 pm

http://www.earthhour.org/

OleJanx Mar 30th 2012 12:15 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 9980086)
For any fellow tree hugging hippies out there its Earth hour tomorrow night, so buy some candles and switch off for an hour- 8.30 pm

http://www.earthhour.org/

Alternatively, turn on every light you can, plug in every electrical appliance you can, and make use of all that electricity that would otherwise not be used. Who gives a toss for the next generation? That is their problem!

kittycat1 Mar 30th 2012 12:22 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 
thats the spirit olejanx- :( tosser :p

Millhouse Mar 30th 2012 12:40 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 9980097)
Alternatively, turn on every light you can, plug in every electrical appliance you can, and make use of all that electricity that would otherwise not be used. Who gives a toss for the next generation? That is their problem!

You may have a point. I wonder if the grid is really able to respond fast enough and they just end up generating and dumping. Fair chance that it makes no difference... Sorry to be practical - I sort of like the idea though, just it's a bit flawed by the laws of fizzics.

mentalist Mar 30th 2012 1:48 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 9980086)
For any fellow tree hugging hippies out there its Earth hour tomorrow night, so buy some candles and switch off for an hour- 8.30 pmhttp://www.earthhour.org/

Cannot wait for the floodlights and the VIP air-con at the Dubai World Cup meeting to be switched off for an hour.:fingerscrossed:

commander Mar 30th 2012 2:13 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 9980097)
Alternatively, turn on every light you can, plug in every electrical appliance you can, and make use of all that electricity that would otherwise not be used. Who gives a toss for the next generation? That is their problem!

exactly, keep on drilling:rofl:

Robajob Apr 1st 2012 5:27 am

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by mentalist (Post 9980205)
Cannot wait for the floodlights and the VIP air-con at the Dubai World Cup meeting to be switched off for an hour.:fingerscrossed:

Well they turned off the floodlights while the fireworks were on, does that count?

Millhouse Apr 1st 2012 5:29 am

Re: Earth Hour
 
I turned off the maid's air conditioning.

scrubbedexpat141 Apr 1st 2012 7:42 am

Re: Earth Hour
 
I went and played the Creek 9 hole under flood lights.

Kix Apr 1st 2012 8:20 am

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 9980097)
Alternatively, turn on every light you can, plug in every electrical appliance you can, and make use of all that electricity that would otherwise not be used. Who gives a toss for the next generation? That is their problem!

and


Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 9982762)
I turned off the maid's air conditioning.

Made me laugh

Meow Apr 1st 2012 8:24 am

Re: Earth Hour
 
Whilst the sentiment may be laudable, most people will simply think that they have 'done their bit' by reducing consumption for a mere hour and then carry on as usual. Same as all those tiresome posts on FB along the lines of 'if you care about people with cancer/no legs/half a brain, then copy & paste this post'.

If you care about something, get off your backside or dig into your pocket and actually do something about it.

Norm_uk Apr 1st 2012 3:20 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 9980086)
For any fellow tree hugging hippies out there its Earth hour tomorrow night, so buy some candles and switch off for an hour- 8.30 pm

http://www.earthhour.org/

Global Warming is a con. Build more nuclear reactors and switch everything on...

N.

Boomhauer Apr 1st 2012 3:46 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by Norm_uk (Post 9983434)
Global Warming is a con. Build more nuclear reactors and switch everything on...

N.

The ideal would be thorium nuke plants ,assuming research into its use is not a dead end. Just can't wait for an alternative to oil; the Gulf could use some humbling.

OleJanx Apr 1st 2012 4:08 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 9983474)
The ideal would be thorium nuke plants ,assuming research into its use is not a dead end. Just can't wait for an alternative to oil; the Gulf could use some humbling.

Saudi has always struck me as an ideal place to dump nuclear waste. After all most of the citizens couldn't get anymore toxic...

Desert Dubliner Apr 1st 2012 8:49 pm

Re: Earth Hour
 

Originally Posted by Meow (Post 9982909)
If you care about something, get off your backside or dig into your pocket and actually do something about it.

In the honour of the Earth Day I promise to drive my V8 to work w/o revving it too hard.


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