Earth Hour

[coddles76]

Greetings,

Don’t forget tomorrow is the big day for Earth Hour and you can do your bit before leaving work today. Please make sure you turn off all non-essential electrical appliances and equipment, i.e. lights, hot water urns, printers, copiers, computers, air conditioners, etc.

Don’t forget to do your bit at home too, tomorrow at 8.30pm!

Earth Hour 2009 aims to reach 1 billion people in more than 1000 cites, encouraging them to cast their vote for the Earth by turning off their lights.

[themuffinman]

this whole global warming thing is nothing but a lie to prevent developing countries from being industrialized...

[The_Prince]

these are one of those silly little things where people do something a for an hour to make themselves feel better thinking that ah yes ive done something to save the world. if people really want to do something about it then i think you need to be working for more than an hour, what in the world is the use of turning lights off for an hour only to turn them back on later and keep them on, and then turn them on everydayy????????????????????????????? this is what you call shallow, and as i said, its humans trying to make themselves feel better, wanting to act like they are saving something when they aint doing jack.

[Uthman]

Apparently, the aim is "to create a huge wave of public pressure to influence a meeting in Copenhagen later this year to seek a new climate treaty." I applaud the movement. It's not going to save the planet, but it will raise awareness which at least is something.

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[Whatsthepoint]

It's just started.

[Al-Zaara]

It has ended here.

[Yanal]

Its still on and the only appliance one is my heater,computer and Television.

[The Ruler]

It's impossible for me to complete my work without the lights.

[Yanal]

Try to use the least amount.

[The Ruler]

Studying under dimlight is bad for your eyes.

[Yanal]

Cant be worse for paying 400£ for electricity? And I didn't say dim light I said less light .

[The Ruler]

How do you define 'less light'?

I'm not the one that pays for it.

[Whatsthepoint]

Its still on and the only appliance one is my heater,computer and Television.

All non essential. You should have been reading by a candle or work out in the dark.

[Güven]

btw Don't forget to set up your clocks Tonight.

It's Summer time! :D

[Yanal]

Not for Canada and America brother Guven.

[chacha_jalebi]

Studying under dimlight is bad for your eyes.

you can always use a candle:D

earth hour? paaaah

i thought this thread was about the clocks goin back a hour :embarrass

[Ar-RaYYan]

you can always use a candle:D

earth hour? paaaah

i thought this thread was about the clocks goin back a hour

that's what i thought as well :hiding:

[Güven]

^Its not going back , lol its going forward :D

[KAding]

Candles are bad for the environment. They are A LOT less energy efficient than light bulbs, let alone power-saving light bulbs (so they release a lot more CO2 for the light they give).

[~Raynn~]

^ Lol, very true, but people aren't gonna be able to burn enough candles to provide the same amount of light as a bulb, so even with their lower efficiency, you'll probably kinda be saving energy overall...

I personally forgot about "earth hour" completely :-[

[The Ruler]

you can always use a candle:D

In that case, you'll need a hell of a lot of those to make sufficient light for studying.

And as KAding said, doing that will most likely damage the environment more than help it.

[Cabdullahi]

ooohh our house was lit like a christmas tree you guys should've seen it!!...all the room lights were on,the tv,pc and laptop were running,we had some clothes in the washing machine and the tumble dryer,around about that time my sister put two slices of bread in the toaster....the gas heater was on...we could of done our share of saving energy by at least turning off the hair straightener that was on for 2 days with no one using it:(.........lol im just messing

[north_malaysian]

I observed it ... LOL

it happened during Isha' prayertime.. so I was praying in the dark...

and it was raining heavily and I went to sleep for one hour after that...:nervous:

[Shukri18]

Dang! I missed Earth hour...
then again I embrace global warming with open arms :)

[Shukri18]

I observed it ... LOL

it happened during Isha' prayertime.. so I was praying in the dark...

and it was raining heavily and I went to sleep for one hour after that...:nervous:

That sounds blissful.

[north_malaysian]

That sounds blissful.

i dont know about other places... but in tropical countries... sleeping is blissful during raining time... especially on daytime...:nervous:

[north_malaysian]

550MW Dip in Power Use for Earth Hour

PETALING JAYA: Electricity consumption dipped by some 550MW during Earth Hour on Saturday.

This, said Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh, was equivalent to the consumption of about 14,000,000 40-watt fluorescent bulbs.

"Everything went smoothly and we were able to respond to the slightly power demand without any operational glitches," he said in a press statement yesterday.

He was commenting on the hour-long lights-out campaign to create awareness on the need to combat global warming.

However, demand picked up rapidly at 9.30 pm to follow normal Saturday night pattern.

Many Malaysians joined the annual campaign, which began in Sydney in 2007, by switching off their lights for an hour from 8.30 pm.

The Star, 31.03.2009, page N12.