What is Earth hour?

while the basic concept of earth hour is sound, i do believe that it's just to make a bunch of people feel good about themselves. If you want to make a real difference don't just have an hour in which to turn off your lights, make it something you just do without thinking, 365 days a year. if your not using it, turn it off.

That's my point. Earth hour doesn't fix anything, it just has people turn off their lights for an hour.

What good will Earth Hour do in 2 years?

People need to change their habits NOW. Buy energy efficient things NOW.

I have 6 cree led lights. I paid $25 each.

I have 4 seouls. Paid $30+ for each.

I have 4 prism spotlight leds. paid $50 for the whole package.

I also have 30+ crap leds from dealextreme. I use them in areas like bathrooms where a combination of lights can give decent lighting.

Don't be stupid. Don't believein this Earth Hour nonsense. Every day is Earth Hour, and every hour you don't use eneergy efficient stuff, your abusing the planet.

Lets do the math.

1440 minutes is the amount of minutes in a day (24x60).

Lets say your the average person with 30 or more lights.

Lets say you use 60 watt incandescents.

your using a total of 1800 watts at any point.

Lets say you leave them on every day, except one hour.

1440-60=1380. 1380x60=82800 seconds in a 23 hour day.

82800x1800= 149040000 watts used total when counting every second you use 30 lights.

Now lets count 13 watt flourescents. 24 hours a day.

1440x60=86400 seconds in a 24 hour day.

13x30=390 watts every second.

86400x390=33696000 of watts used total per second.

Now lets count an average 3 watt led. 24 hours a day.

3x30=90.

86400x90=7776000.

So for 30 lights, used every second, you get:
149040000 for 30 incandescents, used 23 hours.
33696000 for 30 13 watt flourescents, used 24 hours.
7776000 for 30 3 watt leds, used 24 hours.

Now lets say all you have on is one lightfor every second of the day.

82600x60=4968000 for one incandescent, 23 hours a day.
86400x13=1123200 for one 13 watt cfl, 24 hours a day.
86400x3= 259200 for one 3 watt led, 24 hours a day.

Lets give one final twist.

A 60 watt incandescent on for only 1 hour, versus a 3 watt led on all day.

3800x60=228000
86400x3=259200

That's good. Do what you can, every day, not just one hourl, and then call yourself green.

If you ask me, EVERY DAMN FOOL WHO IS PLANNING ON TURNING OFF LIGHTS NEEDS TO SPEND THAT HOUR WITH THEIR LIGHTS OFF, AT A STORE BUYING LEDS OR CFLS.

That's the only way it would truly be 'Earth Hour'

But Zellio, you know a "feel good" measure that accomplishes nothing is much better than actually making changes that make sense, right?

I've noticed something about "greenies", the loudest ones seem more willing to "make a difference" than change the way they live themselves.

I've never heard of Earth hour. I guess it hasn't caught on in the states.
I have to agree with Fuzzy about the light bulbs, I changed mine when they first came out. That's been a few years ago and I have yet to have to replace one.
As for the car I drive...I trade them in for a new one when they run out of gas.

Same....I had no idea what he was on about.

You bug racist.   

* I zubed people

Cos I'm going to kick 15 shades of living shit out of the arsehole who thinks fluorescent globes are more environmentally friendly than incandescent.....and while I'm at it I'll shove my effing expensive dimmers down his throat till he chokes.

Wanker environmentalists get up my nose.  They do it cos it's TRENDY....something to emote over on a Sunday morning over Cafe Latte.

I argued in the 1970s how fucking stupid it was that the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works  PROHIBITED/BANNED/OUTLAWED the use of rainwater tanks in their jurisdiction....on the second driest continent on the planet.

Fucking morons.

Now the quasi-wankers think we don't need desalination....why?...cos they are up each others' arses mumbling rain-dancing as a solution?  God knows.

If you want to CURE environmental issues....quadruple the cost of petrol.....make alternatives economically desirable/viable.  Charge by weight for ALL rubbish collection/removal.

Prohibit excesses ...particularly housing.  No-one needs a 76 square house.  [that's the largest I'd been commissioned to do....the smallest was 5.25].

Ban those ridiculous 4WDs [SUVs] .....they are NOT necessary....even builders don't need them....just tell your dog to walk.

Public transport should be FREE.  It will actually pay for itself with the reduction of road users [cars/trucks]...where every death and injury reduced has never been factored into 'savings' to the community.

The damn problem is Architects [when not wanking each others' egos] have always wanted change...both societal and environmental .... but none has the balls [or position] to do anything of global [or local] significance.

What do I do?

I swear at effwits like the MMBW and call them hypocrites for now legislating the REQUIREMENT for water conservation [tanks] [too bloody late you dickheads].

I stick with small, sensible cars ....all to date were second hand....and as for fuel efficient...even in the 70s my Spitfire got 44mpg on a run ...and that's a sportscar.

This "Earth Hour" is a simple social awareness thing....a reminder...about as genuinely beneficial as those LiveAid concerts.... all feel good and sobering....but if it weren't for the singers/groups who'd have bothered?

One day people will wake up and ask.... "where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?" .....

Dynamaso:

yeah, just like that "Earth Aid" concert. At least we got some great music out of that one. This just left people in the dark.

"Yeah, I went without power for a whole hour! Look at me world!"

Meanwhile were having scams like "Ethanol mandates" and "Kyoto" rammed down our throats, even after they've been proven to be ineffective.

You want to save the world? How about figuring out something that actually works!

Exactly. Don't brag about how you're doing so much good, and everyone else is so horrible for not doing it, if you aren't going to go all the way with it.


And out of all this the only other thing I can think is.....

What kind of jackass has 30 lights running in his house at all times??