rootbear75 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Saturday, March 28th, 8:30P LOCAL TIME http://www.earthhourus.org
»Lynx Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Hippies. I'm going to turn on all my lights, computers, electric showers, shavers... Audry's dresser table friend. EVERYTHING. -L
candygirl Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Hippies. I'm going to turn on all my lights, computers, electric showers, shavers... Audry's dresser table friend. EVERYTHING. -L you for got one thing...keep your car running all day.
Suicide_Run Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Im in Environmental Science and I still think Earth Hour is still retarded.
Hakaku Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 It's meant to promote awareness, not actually fix the problem. So Lynx will just look stupid with every single light on & all.
NBVegita Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 No, Lynx will look like every other person in the world.
»Lynx Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 It's meant to promote awareness, not actually fix the problem. So Lynx will just look stupid with every single light on & all. Won't look as stupid as all the people walking into their dresser tables and walls.
Samapico Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 It's meant to promote awareness, not actually fix the problem. So Lynx will just look stupid with every single light on & all. Won't look as stupid as all the people walking into their dresser tables and walls.
Hakaku Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 It's meant to promote awareness, not actually fix the problem. So Lynx will just look stupid with every single light on & all. Won't look as stupid as all the people walking into their dresser tables and walls.It's called candles... But no offense, if you turn off your lights and don't prepare yourself whatsoever that you walk right into everything then you honestly deserve it.
Tiq Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 God himself said Let There Be Light...and I'm just a normal God-fearing dude who likes to keep every light in the house on, while also allowing the electric fireplace to run freely.
»Lynx Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 It's meant to promote awareness, not actually fix the problem. So Lynx will just look stupid with every single light on & all. Won't look as stupid as all the people walking into their dresser tables and walls.It's called candles... But no offense, if you turn off your lights and don't prepare yourself whatsoever that you walk right into everything then you honestly deserve it. Okay, so shall I give my six year old child a candle to play with while he walks over my 3" deep carpets? Or maybe I should go around moving everything and taping foam to sharp edges just in case, for that extra extremism that you're trying to telegraph. I live in a sub-urban house, and if I turn all my lights off... Guess who will notice... The woman who lives across the street, add the fact she's like 90 and I think bed bound, that makes nobody. Things like earth-day are retarded, they raise awareness... To what? The fact that we all use electricity? No fucking shit, I never realised that... We use *SO much of it, to make the dark light... What a waste! Also, now I think about it - I remember when a 'big' episode of Eastenders (That's a (lame, retarded, fucked up, gay, deluded) soap they show on TV here), some million or so people all got up on the ad-break to put their kettle on at the same time. Apparently the surge was so huge it caused sufficient damage to one of the power plants. Now, if however million (probably thousand... Because in England there's not many hippies) all put their lights on at 9:30pm, I'm sure it's just going to be more money down zee drain in repairs. Loose example, but... Hippies are retarded. Now, I'm going to drive my hummer 40MPH in gear one to work, which is 60 miles away. -L
Hakaku Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Okay, so shall I give my six year old child a candle to play with while he walks over my 3" deep carpets? Or maybe I should go around moving everything and taping foam to sharp edges just in case, for that extra extremism that you're trying to telegraph.Like I said, only a retard would let their three year old run around with candles, just as much as it would take a retard to let their kid run around with scissors or any other dangerous object. And no offense, you'd be plainly a really bad parent if you let any of that happen. Plus, your child should be in bed at that time since a child requires far more sleep than an adult does. I live in a sub-urban house, and if I turn all my lights off... Guess who will notice... The woman who lives across the street, add the fact she's like 90 and I think bed bound, that makes nobody.K and I care why? It's a symbolic gesture addressed towards our governments, not our neighbours. Obviously they wouldn't give a fuck if your lights were out or not. Just as much as they wouldn't care if you drove a hummer or a smart car. If it was meant to provoke your neighbours to listen up and take action, Earth Hour would be promoting world-wide massively noisy and radical protests -- then at least the neighbours could hear and see you, and you'd get the added advantage of having extra media cover for destroying their entire front lawn and being sued in the process. -- But that's aside the point, because having your neighbour's vote will only go so far. Pressuring the current government to take action is far more effective than waiting until you have to get to the voting booth - and who knows if your neighbour is actually going to even go vote anyways. Also, there's a large difference with your kettle incident and Earth Hour, for one the plants (who don't work the same as "back in the day") are all aware and notified of the situation. It's the duty of participating cities to prepare themselves adequately for the event. But in comparison, it only totalled about a 5% decline during last year's event, and there were no reports of any power surges ("For a typical Saturday in March, on a Saturday night between the hours of 8 - 9 p.m., the city's load is already reduced drastically. During this time, the system has an ample supply of power and is designed to handle fluctuations in electricity use"). Plus, it's only all non-essential appliances that are meant to be turned off, so it's not like you're turning off every power grid of the country and then flicking the switch back on. If you don't care to participate, that's fine, but don't make up blatantly false statements and overgeneralizations.
Corey Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 Im planing on turning on my Christmas lights.
tcsoccerman Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 you for got one thing...keep your car running all day. that is probably one of the dumbest things i've ever heard. unless you're stuck up and rich. but even then it's dumb.
»Lynx Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 you for got one thing...keep your car running all day. that is probably one of the dumbest things i've ever heard. unless you're stuck up and rich. but even then it's dumb. That's why I didn't say it... ... HISS -L
candygirl Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 you for got one thing...keep your car running all day. that is probably one of the dumbest things i've ever heard. unless you're stuck up and rich. but even then it's dumb. so your saying Electricity is free? if not this is for you
Bak Posted March 14, 2009 Report Posted March 14, 2009 along the same lines, does anyone else think relay for life is rediculous? how does walking in a circle for 24 hours help?
Samapico Posted March 14, 2009 Report Posted March 14, 2009 Honestly, it's much better than all those Facebook 'petitions' against cancer and stupid things like this... "Lulz I clicked this link because I am sooooooo aware of this important issue, omg"
FMBI Posted March 15, 2009 Report Posted March 15, 2009 Is there a particular reason that people in England are so retarded when it comes to things like renewable energy and global warming? I always assumed it was just crazies like the people at EU Referendum, but every British person I talk to seems to be convinced that, unless they fight back against every initiative the EU happens to support, the world will end. WTF?
Cancer+ Posted March 15, 2009 Report Posted March 15, 2009 I will not be participating in this because I just don't care.
»Lynx Posted March 16, 2009 Report Posted March 16, 2009 Is there a particular reason that people in England are so retarded when it comes to things like renewable energy and global warming? I always assumed it was just crazies like the people at EU Referendum, but every British person I talk to seems to be convinced that, unless they fight back against every initiative the EU happens to support, the world will end. WTF? Come again?
NBVegita Posted March 16, 2009 Report Posted March 16, 2009 Btw...there is only so much the electric company can do to prepare for such an instance. In most cases your problem is 100% hardware related. You have transformers (and all sorts of other things I won't bore you with) in place to handle a certain load. Normally this load is configured to be a bit higher than what they plan they maximum load for your area to be. Yet again it is not significantly higher (within reason) because equipment that can support a higher load = more $. So in reality the only thing the power company could do to "prepare" for an influx of load is to change out the hardware. Good luck getting them to do that. Of course something as small as a light coming on at 9:30 on a Saturday night will be supportable. You have to figure that they handle the influx of power at 8 AM M-F and again the influx of power between 5-6 PM M-F.
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