Ah, the boundless joys of pointless posturing. I recall the great blackout we had here in the Northeast in 2003. I don’t recall people being thrilled about the sudden reduction in electrical consumption. Kind of the opposite, really.
I’m probably just going to spend some time surfing on this marvelous electrically-powered machine in front of me. A machine that is so complicated that even if I were to spent the rest of my life trying, I couldn’t possibly build something one percent as functional. And yet it cost me only a small percentage of my annual pay. Ah, the joys of the modern free market.
The Voice of America (of all damn sources) says that the purpose is to “raise awareness of global climate change.” I guess if one turns out the lights, one can’t read all of the facts emerging showing that AGW/ACC have no scientific basis.
It’s just an empty gesture. Tomorrow morning these people will go back to being as wasteful as they were before.
Why turn off city lights for one hour? How about, like, turn them off . . . every night?
We had a mayor here in the People’s Democratic Republic of Madison, Wisconsin who proposed just that. Not turning off every street light, just every other one, you know, to save the taxpayers some money, and yes, to help save the environment. Oh, and she got turned out of office.
Too bad. She is the only person in this town with any sense. The rest of the people here want to combat global warming with really earnest sounding bumper stickers on their Honda Pilots.
If you want to head off the insanity, hope for some real breakthroughs on the energy front in fusion, car batteries, high efficiency inexpensive solar cells, Bloom fuel cells, etc. That would defang the Commissars of the Green very quickly.
I’m going to do my part by purchasing a gas powered alarm clock. It has received the energy star label from the EPA. Bonus, it’s an American made product built and sold here in Texas!
We knew nobody was home before–they are just completing the cliche.
In Vancouver, BC, a city with a significant left wing and environmentalist demographic, the power company noted a 1.8% decrease in consumption during Earth Hour. I guess it’s easy to talk the talk, but not so easy to address these issues when they have to do the math…
I celebrated Tungsten Appreciation Day with lots of lighting. If I had more advanced warning, I would have strung up the Christmas lights.
Mike Gallagher, there’s also been the discovery of a catalyst that disolves in distilled water – and leaves it visually “clear” that happens to be a catalyst for the reaction:
2H2O + sunlight -> 2H2 + O2
Faster. Please.
Mr. Milenkovic, I have another suggestion along the same lines. New street lamps fairly often have to be put up, because of new roads being built or damage of one sort or another. How about fitting lower-output lamps, but ones actually designed to shine downwards? That way, you save power while reducing light pollution. If you think the latter isn’t important, I hope for your sake you never say so to any astronomers.
I have a photo – the pride of my collection – that has not been manipulated in any way except a little sharpening. I was attempting to take a picture of a tree very close to my house, against a sky that looked dark, with a floodlight on it (which happens to be attached to a rental garage near my house as security) using a very long exposure. What I got was a picture of a tree with lit-up bark (it was winter) against a background that looked as if there was a major fire a long way away. It turns out there was low cloud that night, and my town uses sodium lamps. It’s a good picture – it’s won a prize or two – but the reason for that isn’t good.
Ah, the boundless joys of pointless posturing. I recall the great blackout we had here in the Northeast in 2003. I don’t recall people being thrilled about the sudden reduction in electrical consumption. Kind of the opposite, really.
I’m probably just going to spend some time surfing on this marvelous electrically-powered machine in front of me. A machine that is so complicated that even if I were to spent the rest of my life trying, I couldn’t possibly build something one percent as functional. And yet it cost me only a small percentage of my annual pay. Ah, the joys of the modern free market.
The Voice of America (of all damn sources) says that the purpose is to “raise awareness of global climate change.” I guess if one turns out the lights, one can’t read all of the facts emerging showing that AGW/ACC have no scientific basis.
It’s just an empty gesture. Tomorrow morning these people will go back to being as wasteful as they were before.
Why turn off city lights for one hour? How about, like, turn them off . . . every night?
We had a mayor here in the People’s Democratic Republic of Madison, Wisconsin who proposed just that. Not turning off every street light, just every other one, you know, to save the taxpayers some money, and yes, to help save the environment. Oh, and she got turned out of office.
Too bad. She is the only person in this town with any sense. The rest of the people here want to combat global warming with really earnest sounding bumper stickers on their Honda Pilots.
If you want to head off the insanity, hope for some real breakthroughs on the energy front in fusion, car batteries, high efficiency inexpensive solar cells, Bloom fuel cells, etc. That would defang the Commissars of the Green very quickly.
I’m going to do my part by purchasing a gas powered alarm clock. It has received the energy star label from the EPA. Bonus, it’s an American made product built and sold here in Texas!
Oops, forgot the link.
We knew nobody was home before–they are just completing the cliche.
In Vancouver, BC, a city with a significant left wing and environmentalist demographic, the power company noted a 1.8% decrease in consumption during Earth Hour. I guess it’s easy to talk the talk, but not so easy to address these issues when they have to do the math…
I celebrated Tungsten Appreciation Day with lots of lighting. If I had more advanced warning, I would have strung up the Christmas lights.
Mike Gallagher, there’s also been the discovery of a catalyst that disolves in distilled water – and leaves it visually “clear” that happens to be a catalyst for the reaction:
2H2O + sunlight -> 2H2 + O2
Faster. Please.
Mr. Milenkovic, I have another suggestion along the same lines. New street lamps fairly often have to be put up, because of new roads being built or damage of one sort or another. How about fitting lower-output lamps, but ones actually designed to shine downwards? That way, you save power while reducing light pollution. If you think the latter isn’t important, I hope for your sake you never say so to any astronomers.
I have a photo – the pride of my collection – that has not been manipulated in any way except a little sharpening. I was attempting to take a picture of a tree very close to my house, against a sky that looked dark, with a floodlight on it (which happens to be attached to a rental garage near my house as security) using a very long exposure. What I got was a picture of a tree with lit-up bark (it was winter) against a background that looked as if there was a major fire a long way away. It turns out there was low cloud that night, and my town uses sodium lamps. It’s a good picture – it’s won a prize or two – but the reason for that isn’t good.