http://www.terrarossa.com/earth-hour-antics/ Where Conservatives Consider a New Energy Future Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:57:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.terrarossa.com/earth-hour-antics/#comment-20650 Terra Rossa » Sitting Around in the Dark Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:06:53 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/earth-hour-antics/#comment-20650 [...] I’ve said before, we don’t need to sit in the dark and give up modern conveniences to fight climate change. A [...] [...] I’ve said before, we don’t need to sit in the dark and give up modern conveniences to fight climate change. A [...]

]]> http://www.terrarossa.com/earth-hour-antics/#comment-19133 Fairlight Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:58:11 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/earth-hour-antics/#comment-19133 Funnily, you put the finger yourself on the correct counter-argument : awareness. Speaking for myself, Earth Hour does not make me think that I need to go right back to prehistoric ages to make a difference about global warming; just that the way I use energy can make a difference. You do know that last year's event (2 200 000 persons and 2100 enterprises only in Sydney turning their lights off for one hour) had the same effect as taking 48 000 cars off the road for one year? That's more than enough to make me think that using eco-energetic lightbulbs (13 watts instead of 60 watts) does make a difference. That's a waterdrop in the ocean, but the ocean is made of waterdrops. Funnily, you put the finger yourself on the correct counter-argument : awareness. Speaking for myself, Earth Hour does not make me think that I need to go right back to prehistoric ages to make a difference about global warming; just that the way I use energy can make a difference. You do know that last year’s event (2 200 000 persons and 2100 enterprises only in Sydney turning their lights off for one hour) had the same effect as taking 48 000 cars off the road for one year? That’s more than enough to make me think that using eco-energetic lightbulbs (13 watts instead of 60 watts) does make a difference. That’s a waterdrop in the ocean, but the ocean is made of waterdrops.

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