Coulda seen my home from space.
I missed it.
I might make up for it by burning some old tires, like I sometimes do on “Earth Day”.
Don’t get me wrong. I totally LOVE our planet, as it is one of the most remarkable places we humans know of in our universe. At the same time, I detest the constant leftist planet worship. When it comes down to it, I believe I love the planet as much as they do. I just don’t get into wanting to control people’s lives in the name of “saving the planet”, because I believe it’s a false choice.
There is NOTHING we can do to affect this planet over the long term. Everything we have built, along with our physical bodies themselves came from this Earth, and eventually the Earth reclaims it all. Our time here is going to be so brief, in a million or so years, it will likely be debatable whether or not we humans even existed.
Yep second year in a row, turned on every light in the house.
The author never heard of gas lighting, which pre-dates electricity? Also, did campfires not provide any illumination before the electric light was invented?
Even older, oil lamps go back thousands of years.
Dang! I was gonna fire up the lawn mower and just let it run... I guess there is aways next year.
Also - turned on everything in the house, even plugged in those recharger things.
Yes, I turned on everything in my house and left it on an additional hour just for good measure.
Same as last year......
Turned on the driveway floods and cleaned guns on the tailgate....
I had all my lights, and reminded some friends too. If it wasn’t snowing, I would have idled my truck for a while and maybe burnt some stuff. Oh, I killed a squirrel too.
Earth hour is just a primer, I’m getting ready for the festivities on Earth Day. Got about 10 sacks of trash saved up for the burn barrel, bunch of wood that needs to be bucked, and everything with a motor will be run.
Some of us celebrated Earth Hour of Power:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=108658325827939
I don't know where the author lives, but I am reminded far too often what it is like for the lights to suddenly go out. Mine did it last weekend for about six hours. Either they don't have power failures in his world or he has a very short memory.
Left all house lights blazing, plus the three household computers, because consuming electricity generates more economic activity and helps employment.
When did it happen? Who cares?
I did what I normally do and will continue to, I hope.
I put every light in the house on, had the thermostat at 72, put on the three tvs in the house and drove down the block to the local pizzaria for a large pizza. Yup, drove just 1 block and back:-)
Yes, I participated. We turned on every light including the outside ones and turned on the dishwasher. I forgot the toaster, microwave and the blender. I promise to remember next year.
Sadly, I did participate. At 8:30pm, all the lights were off and the furnace was about 50 miles away from me. I was on a campout with about 500 boy scouts. THe only light was from campfires and lanterns. I turned in around 10:30, changed clothes by flashlight and curled up in a nice sleeping bag.
I’m sorry