Posted on 01/30/2007 10:25:38 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
THE Eiffel Tower's lights will be turned off for five minutes on Friday as part of a campaign to save energy and draw attention to the plight of the planet.
The agency that manages the Paris landmark said today that it will be joining a campaign to draw attention to "sustainable development and the preservation of the planet" with the five-minute blackout at 5.55am AEDT.
The campaign called Five Minutes of Respite for the Planet is being held as world experts meet in Paris to thrash out a report on global warming.
The Eiffel Tower has recently changed its lighting system to reduce energy consumption by 30 per cent, according to the SETE agency that manages it.
It has also sought to tap into renewable sources of energy.
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Nous sommes perte!
Just turn the lights off on france.
So much for the City of Lights...
I thought the fireworks in my country (UK) were among the least imaginative and the most naff. Sydney Harbour was excellent, France and Eygpt (!) excellent too.
"So much for the City of Lights..."
The only lights that will be lit will be the car fires set by the parasite "youths".
300 entrees of auto flambé.
This is as meaningful as their weekly 'Manifestations' for everything from price of bread to working hours.
Lots of sizzle but no steak.
I saw this on the local news last night. The report said that the load on energy plummeted during this little "exercise" by a whopping 1%. LOL!
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