Earth Hour

What the hell is this? Make a change by turning your lights off for one hour? This makes as much sense as buying your gas on Tuesday or Thursday just so you say you didn’t buy it on Wednesday.
The organizers realize this is a symbolic event, and “The purpose of the event was not to save money or power.” It actually will use more power, because of all the promotion that went it to it and people going to events. What a steaming load this is.
People forget that if everyone did this we very well might cause blackouts. If we all turn our power on at the same time, our local grid will be overwhelmed. To prevent this they keep the generators turning so as to be ready for the massive drain of everyone coming online at once.
In 2008 Google turned their home page black to “Raise awareness” but people got confused and couldn’t remember how to Google, due to the unanticipated trauma of a different colored screen. I go through this every time yahoo changes their lay out, so I guess I can’t be too critical.
Of course, a black screen does nothing to cut energy use. Although that conflicts with what we were told, earlier this year: that two Google searches equals destruction of the ozone layer.
Of course, if Google uses a black screen, and people can’t figure out how to use it, maybe the ozone layer won’t be depleted by superfluous self-Googleing. (I’ve been Googling myself for years, but can stop whenever I want.)
This is about as effective as putting a green logo in your screen.
This is a symbolic act, and modern thinkers and the newly enlightened see no need for symbolism or ceremony. Right? I bet the same people who support earth hour are the same people who think marriage ceremonies or going to church are useless.
I will not be one of the useful idiots participating.
And, then there are the people who voluntarily live with out a refrigerator. Don’t get me started