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Which really doesn't help when the coal plants are still fired up and burning coal, turning the turbines, etc....
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Like the selfish bugger I am I shall run into the (now being rained on streets) crying "Turn on all of your lights to piss off thous pious, hippy, tree-hugging, Toyota Prius driving types".
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Not that there's anything wrong with being a hippie (in theory), or enjoying trees and hybrid vehicles. But making people think they've made some awesome personal contribution to environmentalism by turning off their lights for a few minutes when they're really doing jack shit... That's not helpful.
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Maybe it doesn't do jack shit. Perhaps, it a stepping stone, a gateway drug if you will, to get people to do more serious environmental saving things. If tons of people do something as simple as this, they think that they can actually save the planet by doing such EASY things, which soon turn into more complex things...like donating half their paycheck to the national arbor society...
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The only thing you are missing Sean is that people are lazy, otherwise we wouldn't be using fossil fuels or machines.
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I'm thinking maybe I should go watch the South Park episode "Smug Alert" at 8 PM. I don't think it's healthy to just sit in the dark by myself for an hour.
I can relate to this whole idea as a promotional stunt, like when companies use pink lights for breast cancer or whatever... but the idea of this act helping the environment is a ridiculous idea. All it means is that the electrical grid will be drawing less energy; the power plants won't really be putting out any less.
And I wonder if local portions of the grid will be subject to a blowout when everyone turns their lights on at the same time come 9 PM...
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Meh. Gaia will maintain homeostasis one way or another. Either we'll invent something cleaner or die out as a species.
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