Earth Hour

[vaporize]

Lights out @ March 27th 8:30pm for an hour
it's SEXY TIME

[ebbomega]

[NinjaBoy]

Not a fan of Earth Hour, if you want to make a difference with your electrical usage, turn off your computer at night, and when you leave the office.

Quite frankly, a lightbulb takes up little energy compared to other stuff in your house.

[decypher]

The Professors argument is utter tripe and no better than the arguments he is countering. I thought the point of Earth Hour was to bring awareness to consumption rather then actually saving the planet by turning your power off or suggesting we go back to some primitivist Zerzan circle jerk.

One example of his weak strawman argument: "Giving women the freedom to work outside the home depended on the availability of electrical appliances that free up time from domestic chores." What a crock of shit. Is he suggesting that women all of a sudden woke up and were like "wow the dishes are done already, time for me to get at those civil liberties I keep putting off."

His viewpoint is quite insulting. Directly linking technology as a single determining factor is weak.

It's the same sort of Glen Beck rhetoric. No wonder, one google of Ross Mckitrick = Fraser Institute, Against Climate Change etc etc. Glad I wasted my time reading his BS argument. He needs to be on Beck's show jumping around like a clown telling people that progress is the cancer of society and using lose connections to prove some point for the sake of being against the grain.

If one thing Conservatives have going for them is the ability to turn ideology upside down and lure people in to believe in a worldview that is counter to their own well being. Pure tripe. That us why Ross here likes to frame Earth Hour as some sort of liberal restraint on personal liberty. Classic rhetoric.

[gnosis]

^I think you're giving the professor far too much credit.

When I was reading the article, the only impression I got was, "Poor bastard."

Dude TOTALLY missed the point of earth hour.

He's far too shallow/base/literal.
You know: right-wing.

As well-worded his argument/opinion/reasoning was, it's negated because of his misunderstood stance/approach.

Meh

Just another blow-hard to point at and laugh.

Frosty
(will be burning candles like the rest of the year)

[stephen_c]

why not turn out the traffic lights and really make a point.

['Los]

if anyone bought an ipad today than you can consider the last earth hour: complete fucking garbage wrapped in a grocery store shopping bag.

[ebbomega]

It just kinda strikes me as akin to Buy Nothing Day, which I find just as useless.

"Awareness"? Really? You think people need to be more aware of the carbon footprint debate? That's the problem?

The problem isn't awareness, it's apathy. I'm willing to bet 99% of the people partaking in Earth Hour then turned around and started blaring their stereos while playing on their computer and taking their heated showers, etc. etc. etc.

I just really fail to see the point, because people feel like they're making some kind of difference just by shutting off their lights for an hour. Seems about as futile as setting DST a month earlier (thanks dubya).

['Los]

^ There was also a UFC match and a Nucks game that night. So at some point, I'm going to take a stab at it and assume millions of people around North America were to drunk to give a shit.

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[mapleleaf4ever]

^ yup! was at the bar and it was packed. they even had a live band in the other half so there was plenty of power being burned. GO TEAM!

[vaporize]

just the losers at home did earth hour. i forgot since i was too busy owning noobs at Team Fortress 2