Human Achievment Hour - Turn your lights on at 8:30 27/03/10
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nickrbrown said:
For the last three years, the World Wildlife Fund has sponsored an event called Earth Hour. Earth Hour is an event in which individuals are asked to turn off all their power in celebration of the history of cavemen. They secretly worship Gaia and enjoy having a martyr complex while sitting in the dark while they have conversations about feet.
Because of that aspect of the celebration, one may believe that it is perfectly acceptable to build a fire in your house for light and warmth during the hour-long celebration. When in fact this produces carbon emissions increasing your giant hairy cave man footprint on humanity. Therefore the actual objective of Earth Hour is for individuals to sit in dark cold places and yearn for the advancements of modern civilization for a 60-minute period.
That honestly sounds pretty miserable to me. So instead, I encourage you to join me in celebration of human achievement this Saturday at 8:30pm local. Human Achievement Hour (or HAH!) is an event established by Michelle Minton at the Competitive Enterprise Institute last year. And because it is such a great human achievement itself, it’s being celebrated once again from here and across the world. Even down under in Australia, Senator Cory Bernardi is encouraging people to celebrate “the incredible accomplishments of the human race.” Going on to say, “Don’t be stuck in the dark with the communists.”
So this Saturday at 8:30 local time, take a minute to consider all the wonderful inventions and conveniences you have in your life. Turn on some lights, warm up some food, call your mom, or play some Xbox. You could even come back here and read some articles on The Daily Caller and we can all celebrate together.
Nick R. Brown is a technology policy consultant and political blogger. He has served at non-profits of varying focus across the South as well as Washington, D.C., and Australia. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Askew School at The Florida State University. Mr. Brown is the founder of the political commentary Web site thelobbyist.net and currently is a research associate and content manager for the D.C.-based technology think tank, Digital Society.
Because of that aspect of the celebration, one may believe that it is perfectly acceptable to build a fire in your house for light and warmth during the hour-long celebration. When in fact this produces carbon emissions increasing your giant hairy cave man footprint on humanity. Therefore the actual objective of Earth Hour is for individuals to sit in dark cold places and yearn for the advancements of modern civilization for a 60-minute period.
That honestly sounds pretty miserable to me. So instead, I encourage you to join me in celebration of human achievement this Saturday at 8:30pm local. Human Achievement Hour (or HAH!) is an event established by Michelle Minton at the Competitive Enterprise Institute last year. And because it is such a great human achievement itself, it’s being celebrated once again from here and across the world. Even down under in Australia, Senator Cory Bernardi is encouraging people to celebrate “the incredible accomplishments of the human race.” Going on to say, “Don’t be stuck in the dark with the communists.”
So this Saturday at 8:30 local time, take a minute to consider all the wonderful inventions and conveniences you have in your life. Turn on some lights, warm up some food, call your mom, or play some Xbox. You could even come back here and read some articles on The Daily Caller and we can all celebrate together.
Nick R. Brown is a technology policy consultant and political blogger. He has served at non-profits of varying focus across the South as well as Washington, D.C., and Australia. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Askew School at The Florida State University. Mr. Brown is the founder of the political commentary Web site thelobbyist.net and currently is a research associate and content manager for the D.C.-based technology think tank, Digital Society.
Sounds like a cheap ploy set up by your electrical provider to me.
Kind of like those stupid f
king chain letter texts that the mobile networks rub their hands about as some pregnant, over weight and jobless 17 year old girl with massive hoop earrings sends texts to her ten best mates overwise she'll get cancer. Luckily, if she gets ten back then she's a good friend. A complete fkup, but a good friend.
fking idiots!
Kind of like those stupid f
king chain letter texts that the mobile networks rub their hands about as some pregnant, over weight and jobless 17 year old girl with massive hoop earrings sends texts to her ten best mates overwise she'll get cancer. Luckily, if she gets ten back then she's a good friend. A complete fkup, but a good friend.f
king idiots! I was reading in today's Telegraph that Earth Hour campaign to turn off will use more power in the UK than it saves and will create more C02 than if we just did our usual thing, due to the way that a variety of different types of power stations provide power to the grid. This was put to the organisers who basically said, in so many words, that "Yes, we do know that, but this is an awareness campaign, so it's a small sacrifice, needs must etc".
Edited by Balmoral Green on Saturday 27th March 17:41
Balmoral Green said:
I was reading in today's Telegraph that Earth Hour campaign to turn off will use more power in the UK than it saves and will create more C02 than if we just did our usual thing, due to the way that a variety of different types of power stations provide power to the grid. This was put to the organisers who basically said, in so many words, that "Yes, we do know that, but this is an awareness campaign, so it's a small sacrifice, needs must etc".
What are they trying to make people aware of? That greenies are indeed idiots?
Jonny671 said:
I quite liked the pictures of Earth Hour last year, a picture before of cities and random land marks then a picture when it was turned off..
Do you know how stupid that sounds? I'm getting this sort of image...
8.15pm, before Earth Hour:
8.30pm, start of Earth Hour:
8.15pm, before Earth Hour, from space:
8.30pm, start of Earth Hour, from space (camera rotated 90 degrees
):
Edited by ShadownINja on Saturday 27th March 18:19
speedchick said:
Well seeing as I am working tonight, I think I need to leave my light and the computer on, and I am still working my way through the washing, so the washing machine could welll still be going then as well, is that enough or do I need more on?
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