| magicalfreddiemercury 29.03.2008 10:51 |
Who will participate? And what will you do during your hour of lights out? From the World Wildlife Fund - On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund - link. Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town. What will you do when the lights are off? We have lots of ideas - link . Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour. One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour! link |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 29.03.2008 11:13 |
a] vince McMahon has come a long way since Hogan v Andre at wrestlemania 3 hasnt he? b] i'll do this tonight between 2am and 3am if thats ok? c] i believe that hardly anyone in the US will even be bothered with this as its got nothing to do with oil/money or anything else with a capital gain. d] will Al Gore turn off all the lights in his 8 bedroom mansion.once again i doubt it.. anyway good luck,about as worthwhile in north america as a chocolate fireguard whilst China is burning more carbon fuels than the rest of the world and the UK builds a 5 terminal at Heathrow. a better solution would be for everyone to turn off their computers for a day in the US |
| magicalfreddiemercury 29.03.2008 11:53 |
^^ Oh, blah. What a downer way to look at it... right as you might be, I think there will be at least a decent amount of people observing the hour in the hopes that next year and the year after more people will join in. Besides, I'd say an hour with the lights out could be a pretty interesting time. |
| john bodega 29.03.2008 11:54 |
I turned on all the lights for Earth Hour. In the meantime, I turned off all the appliances that *really* guzzle the electricity. |
| ***Marial-B*** 29.03.2008 13:20 |
I would've done something in a bed, but since my bf is a bit far away from me... |
| bitesthedust 29.03.2008 15:20 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Besides, I'd say an hour with the lights out could be a pretty interesting time.It'd be dark, that's for sure. I stopped watching the WWF after Vince screwed Bret out of the World Title. |
| Ms. Rebel 29.03.2008 15:44 |
Jasna Baketa is a bitch. |
| brENsKi 29.03.2008 18:18 |
this is a load of hypocritical bollox "earth hour"...so currently we have the good old USA telling India and China to "cut back" on greenhouse gasses and consumption of natural resources....fucking amazing! so it's alright for USA to "develop" and expend earth's vital raw materials in the process...but the minute anyone else wants to advance its "turn your lights off" time....that's rich! can't wait til the day when USA is the world's third superpower...behind India and china then we will see who gets pushed around by who |
| DavidRFuller 29.03.2008 18:26 |
Hey now the US is surprisingly doing a good job of cutting back and there is no problem for the US to tell other countries to do so. We aren't the hypocritical bullies you think we are. |
| brENsKi 29.03.2008 18:33 |
your govt is. six words: Kyoto Agreement : USA computer say no |
| magicalfreddiemercury 29.03.2008 23:13 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: this is a load of hypocritical bollox "earth hour"...so currently we have the good old USA telling India and China to "cut back" on greenhouse gasses and consumption of natural resources....fucking amazing! so it's alright for USA to "develop" and expend earth's vital raw materials in the process...but the minute anyone else wants to advance its "turn your lights off" time....that's rich! can't wait til the day when USA is the world's third superpower...behind India and china then we will see who gets pushed around by whoAnd this has what to do with individuals trying to promote awareness? Idiocy, I agree, took us from the Kyoto agreement. Idiocy has been running this country for the past two terms. It's time people start thinking and realize a large portion of the American people despise the current administration and its policies as much if not more so than the rest of the world. Going dark for an hour is supposed to be a show solidarity for a cause. Stupid me for thinking others would be mature enough to see that simple gesture as genuine. |
| Deacon Fan 30.03.2008 01:40 |
I accidently participated cuz I slept through it. My plan was to turn everything on just to be different but it backfired :@ Silly gimmick. |
| QueenMercury46 30.03.2008 01:44 |
Oh. I forgot about that. Too late. |
| john bodega 30.03.2008 01:54 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: can't wait til the day when USA is the world's third superpower...behind India and china then we will see who gets pushed around by whoHaha, what are you smoking? This sudden boom in China/India is not going to last more than a couple of decades. Then it'll collapse and they won't be able to support themselves. I can't wait to see it all implode. Serves them right for being such cocks... buying all our iron ore. I wish we'd stop selling it to them. |
| brENsKi 30.03.2008 05:26 |
think you need to do a little research. history has shown a succession of "roman empires" or superpowers...the lending crisis that America suffered last year has bitten harder there than anywhere else. look at the last 2,000 yrs...rome, vikings, france, spain, britain, even the ottman and prussian empires had a bash....it's currently america's turn....but the world keeps evolving...and while the current superpowers elect right-wing christian extemeists they will stagnate. china and india are taking western refuse to their landfill as it makes money...they have seen the profligate nature of our society and are exploiting it....they have plenty of money-making options with no shortage of raw materials or labour-force. |
| john bodega 30.03.2008 05:51 |
I dunno, I wouldn't for a minute expect China to fare any differently than the USA, as far as eventual collapses go. Their time will come (and go), is all I'm saying. |
| brENsKi 30.03.2008 08:02 |
yes but your point was: "Haha, what are you smoking? This sudden boom in China/India is not going to last more than a couple of decades." how long do you think empires last? some only last a decade or two...America have been "world top dog" since the space race started 1960. fifty years is not exactly a long time in charge by comparison to say, Romans (300yrs), French (200yrs), Spain (again 200+yrs) and Britain (400 yrs) i just have a feeling that in my lifetime the Chinese will emerge as the next carrier of the "global superpower baton"...if radical Islam doesn't get there first |
| john bodega 30.03.2008 08:28 |
What's really crazy is watching the developed nations of the world yelling "Stop building all this shit, stop buying cars!!!" to China and India. Sort of like, "we were allowed to do all that shit, but you aren't". |
| StoneColdClassicQueen 30.03.2008 14:10 |
During Earth Hour, I had a lot of my lights on XD I was watching the WWE Hall of Fame 2008 inductees. I wonder what Al Gore was doing. |
| john bodega 30.03.2008 16:18 |
He was waiting for the Gore Signal to be lit up in the clouds... |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 30.03.2008 18:07 |
StoneColdClassicQueen wrote: During Earth Hour, I had a lot of my lights on XD I was watching the WWE Hall of Fame 2008 inductees. I wonder what Al Gore was doing.Wooooo! ;-] |
| StoneColdClassicQueen 30.03.2008 18:08 |
Zebonka12 wrote: He was waiting for the Gore Signal to be lit up in the clouds...XD He was on the lookout for ManBearPigs that caused global warming. "I'm serial!" |
| mystic_rhythms 31.03.2008 01:39 |
StoneColdClassicQueen wrote: XD He was on the lookout for ManBearPigs that caused global warming. "I'm serial!"ha ha, i love that South Park episode. Don't forget that it DOES exist...in Al Gore's imagination (if you've seen the Imaginationland episodes) But seriously, I'm all for helping the environment any way that I can; I turn off my lights and computer when I go to sleep, and such. But let's be honest. These special "hours" and "days" and "weeks" or whatever will not help the issue. Why? Simple. For every "day" that we spend saving energy, every other day will be spent doing the same energy-burning activities that our country, and other countries, are known for. It will raise awareness, but only for a short time. After that, it's back to normal. Personally, I believe that goals such as cutting down on energy, using less fuel, and raising awareness for a "greener" America, as the media calls it, will not be reachable immediately. It's like losing weight; it takes time and commitment, and it may get worse before it gets better. This is just about as pointless as Live Earth was. Trying to get people to become more environmentally friendly, while building massive electronic monstrosities for musical artists to perform on after they've flown from all over the world on personal jets and ridden in limousines...come on. Hypocrites, anyone? Seriously. You want results? Don't try to convert people. Do what you can yourself, and maybe people will emulate. Don't try to force your beliefs on others. -=Brian=- |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 31.03.2008 12:55 |
^ that is exactly what ive been saying for a very long time. too many people are "do as i say and not as i do",Bono anybody? |