eloramoon
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 Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:28 am Post subject: Earth Hour tonight from 8-9pm |
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I know not everyone can do this, but I still thought it was kind of cool. I saw on Google that tonight from 8-9pm (your local time) is "Earth Hour", where people are encouraged to turn out their lights for one hour. Google is supporting this by getting the word out, and their page is all black today.
Even if you can only turn out the lights in your bedroom for an hour, or get your family/roommates/etc. to participate by minimizing the light usage, it still seems like a pretty cool idea. It seems kind of fun to have an excuse to turn out the lights for an hour, and maybe even turn off the TV and computer, too! LOL!!! Here's the info...
~ Julia
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Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/ |
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lots of places over here did. they had this live coverage of the city and when it hit 8 all these lights went off, lol 
