Scientists warn Christmas lights harm the planet

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24839835-23272,00.html ^ | December 24, 2008 08:06am | By Graham Readfearn

[television is just wrong]

SCIENTISTS have warned that Christmas lights are bad for the planet due to huge electricity waste and urged people to get energy efficient festive bulbs. CSIRO researchers said householders should know that each bulb turned on in the name of Christmas will increase emissions of greenhouse gases.

[MrEdd]

Also he says using fire makes the fire gods angry.

[Gumdrop]

I am tired about hearing the words “greenhouse gases”.

Since CO2 is required for all vegetative life to survive, isn’t it good for the planet to assure that CO2 is available to the plantlife? Maybe we should start a group for plants similar to PETA. After all, reduction of CO2 would be a death knell to our trees and other greenery. I like green plants. Why should I be trying to reduce CO2?

So here’s to People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants - PETP!

[chris37]

Beautiful, what a beautiful mental image that is :)

And, of course, I only mean to decorate my house with the “consensus” scientists, and not those who are interested in truth and fact.

[SouthTexas]

When my Mother was alive, she had a separate breaker box for her outside Christmas tree.

Bet they would have love that.

[Domandred]

It’s snowing again! Need more lights!

[smokingfrog]

I don’t regret putting up our Christmas lights. Sometimes I feel like we didn’t put up enough.

[Viking2002]

Buttplugs like Graham Fernbar are one of the reasons why I ditched all my twinkle lights this year, and strung the whole damn Viking Lodge with good, old fashioned C-9 bulbs. The big ones like our daddies used to put up. I'll worry about the electric bill in January. I just felt like a good 'ol retro display of defiance this year.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yet they wouldn't hear of a nuclear power plant being built. They've gone from NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) to BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything).

[jongaltsr]

- and Christmas Cookies cause cancer.

[gwilhelm56]

This is a repeat of a post I made earlier today .. fitting ... and I thought you’d LIKE IT.

“””and to all you Atheists, Tomorrow is THURSDAY ...GET TO WORK!! “””

[gwilhelm56]

***- and Christmas Cookies cause cancer.**

THEY DO NOT ... it’s only the SUGAR, the Shortening, and the little SPRINKLES that cause CANCER... NOT the COOKIES!!!

/s

[repubpub]

“I hate LED Christmas lights. They’re too harsh and bright.”

I used the LED’s from Target and Home Depot. They were bright and not very reliable. This year I purchased a bunch from a company online , they're a really nice light. They're still LED, C7 size bulbs and weather proof. They remind me and the wife of the bulbs from the 60’s.

[gwilhelm56]

**They remind me and the wife of the bulbs from the 60’s.**

Now, THOSE are Christmas LIGHTS!!!

[razorback-bert]

Dr Platt explains 'Distributed energy is the generation of electricity using small generation sources located close to the actual electrical loads, as well as more effective control of how electricity is actually used at the load itself.'

What is generation source, he doesn't say?

Mini-nukes?

[luckystarmom]

Me too! Merry Christmas!!

[ZULU]

And MERRY CHRISTMAS to you too!

(I HATE “Happy Holidays”!)

[chris37]

Beautiful! I like to tell people “Merry Christmas with extra Jesus”, and I have noticed that this really bothers some people :)

[steelyourfaith]

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[ottbmare]

I bet you’d really hate to have the beams of red and green Klieg lights arcing overhead, wouldn’t you?.....:)

I hate even more to have government or Al Gore or a bunch of leftist environmental Nazis telling me what kind of Christmas decorations to use. You know? Merry Christmas.