Comments on: Earth Hour Definitely Isn’t a Bunch of Crap

By: Matt (the other one)

Matt (the other one) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:47:31 +0000

My contribution to Earth Hour? I turned on all the lights, and lit several camping lanterns in the backyard, and then left the house with nobody home and went to a birthday party for several hours, just on GP. I let the lanterns burn all night until they ran out of fuel, too. . .

I’m not being a hypocrite – I firmly believe that “Man-Made Global Warming” is a farce.

By: angry army wife

angry army wife — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:54:37 +0000

Since I am feeling the love, I think I will go home tonight, do a load of laundry, watch TV and peruse the internet, all while I leave the lights on in every room in the house. Just cause.

By: Beige

Beige — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:52:29 +0000

I love you people, even if you do have a [bleep] attitude. Mostly b/c I am the leading exporter of [bleep] attitude in my state. You’re making me RICH, do you hear? RICH! HA HA HA…

Well, not really.

And we weren’t even home over the weekend, but I did make sure that lights, radios and other stuff was left running. I would have done it anyway, but it’s nice to know that it served a nobler purpose than usual.

As for “really showing them”, I suppose turning off lights for a fargin’ hour really changes life as we know it, right? Meh.

By: Earth Hour Definitely Isn’t a Bunch of Crap « Evynn’s Weblog

Earth Hour Definitely Isn’t a Bunch of Crap « Evynn’s Weblog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:02:07 +0000

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By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:27:33 +0000

I kinda like Chelsea Lately…

By: jimmy

jimmy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:38:04 +0000

I would have particapated if it was held from 8:30 am to 9:30 am.

By: Simon Scowl

Simon Scowl — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:33:47 +0000

Unless your lights make use of technology that predates Edison, e.g. campfires or candles or glow-in-the-dark paint, then yes, you are using electricity.

I don’t know the technical term for it, but it is some manner of sorcery.

By: Simon Scowl

Simon Scowl — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:29:59 +0000

When a comment starts with “You people!” and a profanity, you just know it’s going to be incisive and well-reasoned.

I thought this site was about hypocrisy?

Very good. Now please explain how Al Gore leaving his lights on during Earth Hour doesn’t qualify.

By: Vagrant Dog

Vagrant Dog — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:33 +0000

Scott: Your analogy could use a slight tweak. It’s more like a room with a fan versus a room without, as a room where all the windows and doors closed doesn’t get warm due to the lack of circulation. It gets warm due to the fact that the heat beaming in from the sun is stuck in a (presumably) insulated room with a limited amount of heat loss due to conduction. It’ll be much warmer than a room with simply no air flow, where air molecules can still conduct the heat from the room right out the open window. That’s why you leave your windows partially unrolled on your car on a hot day, wind or no.
Also, I’m not too sure about your logic. Most of the wind currents are formed by a combination of the Earth rotating and temperature differences. Warming the place up from a lack of wind should conversely cause a lot more wind- there’s a reason hurricanes form in the tropics.

By: D----

D---- — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:46:23 +0000

Same with mine, Pasta. My outdoor solar lights are LED, which have that blue tint, and wouldn’t make very good spotlights.