Posted on 03/30/2012 4:47:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Let there be light: 'Human Achievement Hour' to coincide with Earth Hour
Published March 30, 2012
| FoxNews.com
As millions of people sit in the dark during Earth Hour to call for action against climate change this weekend, a libertarian think tank wants you to fight the power by keeping the lights on.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute plans to commemorate Earth Hour 2012 with its "Human Achievement Hour," 60 minutes to gather with friends in a heated home, watch television and surf the Internet instead of dimming or shutting off the lights altogether to draw attention to climate change.
"HAH is an annual event meant to recognize and celebrate the fact that this is the greatest time to be alive, and that the reason we have come is that people have been free to use their minds and the resources in their environment to experiment, create, and innovate," reads a CEI website on the event scheduled to coincide with Earth Hour 2012 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local time Saturday.
Participants in the event understand the "necessity to protect the individual persons from government coercion," according to the Washington-based think tank.
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Lest fellow Freepers think me insensitive and thoughtless, I fully intend to celebrate the GAIA Dark Hour exactly 7 hours later. No lighting at all. Not even candles.
But the CO2 generated by the wired mouse using the electricity from a coal-fired plant will last forever. (Boy that is sad to think about).
Once had a discussion with some friends about Global Warming. I thought it odd their views as we sat in their very nice home with a home theater, EVERY room except the small bathrooms had a TV (the master bath had one), and the exercise room had three! And I saw 5 computers.
But a Prius in the garage so that makes them feel good I guess!
No - Fox News is on cable. I have it.
The cable companies were a little tricky with it a few years ago. They only provided Fox as part of a package. It was in a package with gay porn stations. Scoundrels. They got so many complaints that we can now get it on its own or part of a news package.
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