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Earth Hour
DillonFoulds:
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on March 26, 2011, 12:33:53 pm ---what's earth hour?
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--- Quote from: DillonFoulds on March 26, 2011, 03:20:19 am ---http://www.earthhour.org
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We're turning off everything, flipping power bars off for the tvs, and unplugging and turning off all the computers. Gotta be careful with that vampire energy!
Vigo:
Hmm. Sitting in the dark...sounds fun......yeah, I think be celebrating a little later tonight. I'll be sure the lights are out when I go to sleep. Heck, I think I can manage 8 hours of eco-responsibility tonight.
Ginsu Victim:
I'll be turning everything on to make up for what you guys aren't using. Just doing my part.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: crashwg on March 26, 2011, 12:41:49 pm ---I wonder about the energy that goes into making the candles, lanterns, battery powered flashlights and or other electronic devices that people will most likely be using when they turn their lights off?
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Well even worse is the fact that people on the west coast have a fairly good chance of getting their electricty from a nuclear or hydro-electric plant which have zero carbon emissions. Lighting a candle creates a very small cardon footprint. Guess who generally participate in such events? That's right, people on the west coast. So this ill-planned event probably increased the carbon footprint!
DillonFoulds:
I'm confused, did you mean the West Coast of Australia where the Earth Hour movement was initiated, or do you think USA/North America is the only continent involved?
Although I agree, it is a frivolous exercise on the whole, I do appreciate the gesture behind it. Every year it makes me think about the electricity we use, and do a little bit more each year to try and reduce our power bill. To be honest, before the whole Earth Hour thing started, I could not have cared any less about my power bill. Since I've started the whole Earth Hour thing, once a year I am reminded to go through the house and replace any bulbs that are missing or incandescent (we do near strictly CCFL bulbs everywhere), and also it reminds me to take a second look at all our entertainment centers. We've got 5 TVs in the house, and each year I'll go through everything, remove any unnecessary components, or decide I don't use the desktop enough to merit leaving it running. A couple years ago I condensed my media server and HTPC into a single machine, and this year I'm going to consolidate my desktop hard drives into my HTPC as well, resulting in only having one computer running, where I used to have 3.
In the end, I think that although the idea itself isn't the most effective, it does at least remind a few people to reduce their energy usage, and I think that's a good start for anything.
What have you guys done to help reduce your utilities? Or has everyone just bought more stuff to run up their bills?
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