Earth Hour

[Siegfried]

And 1024K was all the RAM anyone would ever need.

Ironically that one is a myth.

[Svelte]

As a Sydneysider, I very much enjoyed Earth Hour's sequel yesterday evening - the two hour involuntary blackout suffered in the central city and inner suburbs!

[The Penguin]

Well, gentlemen, I did not participate in this.

Not that i don't want our planet to become cleaner, healthier, etc. But such actions won't just work.

I back Sinner's point that, in fact, turning on and of the lights may use even more energy that it may save. That's one point.

And another point is: let's calculate all this money, spent on the campaign. I guess, it would have been much wiser to spent it on real enviromental projects or solve some social problems.

Good day, gentlemen! )

[Ratshot]

Why in the world would I sit in my house in the dark doing NOTHING PEOPLE, NOTHING, WHEN, I could be playing with my Lego or here on EB.

You figure out what I did.

[prateek]

Wrong, the Mythbusters busted this one. In order to consume more electricity by shutting the lights on and off you'd have to leave the lights off for a few milliseconds...

thats what the mythbusters are for

[Toa Rodimus Ignika]

thats what the mythbusters are for

Hmm? All in all, I sat in the dark for an hour in Nashville. I was following what all the other people did, which was turn off all lights.

[prateek]

Hmm? All in all, I sat in the dark for an hour in Nashville. I was following what all the other people did, which was turn off all lights.

just sat there?

[pesgores]

I didn't. Small actions like these do not work.