I’m going to turn on extra lights tomorrow night at 8:30. I hope that many of my readers will join me. Hell, I might even turn on the air, though we won’t need it. I’ll just run it with the windows open.
I wonder what these people think when they look at a picture of the Korean peninsula at night? Who do they consider more virtuous, those in the light, or those in the dark?
Call it a vote for sanity and freedom.
[Later afternoon update]
Here are some more suggestions:
Our press release described ways people might celebrate the achievements of humanity such as eating diner, seeing a film, driving around, keeping the heat on in your home — all things that Earth Hour celebrators, presumably, should be refraining from. In the cheekiest manner, we claimed that anyone not foregoing the use of electricity in that hour is, by default, celebrating the achievements of human beings. Needless to say, the enviros in the blogosphere didn’t take to kindly to our announcement.
Needless to say.
If our Human Achievement Hour is at all a dig against Earth Hour, it is so only by the fact that we are pointing out what Earth Hour truly is about: It isn’t pro-Earth, it is anti-man and anti-innovation.
Got it in one.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Here’s the web site for Human Achievement Hour.
“This is what the whole world should look like.”
“Sure, it might be a pit – but it’ll be MY pit.”
Just remember for a moment the National Geographic human-extinction porn special they showed not all that long ago.
That’s what they want. Except, of course, for right-thinking people like themselves, who will survive in harmony with nature, living off of roots, nuts, and sunbeams full of pixie dust.
Ha ha, no. You’re forgetting that in that sea of darkness that is North Korea at night, there is a small speck of bright light and warmth: the palace of Dear Leader.
That’s the ambition of those people. It’s we that will be sitting in the dark, gnawing bones. They, as befits the noble leaders, will be feasting in the brightly-lit palace. They only want us in the dark and hungry so we’ll take lower wages and behave more humbly as their servants.
I’ve got it on my calendar so I won’t forget.
All the lights in the house will go on for that hour (including in the attic).
I won’t be driving around, though – because that’s what I intend to do tomorrow during the day. Already have trips planned for across the river and also out to the new shopping center in the far western part of the county (the opposite direction from across the river).
No need to thank me – just trying to do my part…. 😀
Modern Luddites.
Tell you what I will do. I will move up my anual burn the winter beer cardboard from the day from when the last snow is melted to earthlight day or whatever we call it.
I did try to view the site but being on dial up with no other options I waited three minutes for it to load and all I saw was the header and not much more.
Why don’t they cut down the bandwidth? Save money on internet usage. That’s the ticket. I remember four color graphics. They were good enough. Anyway if someone can tell the time and day to do this I will burn some of stuff I was going to burn in a month or so. That ought to help the environment (I might have that part wrong but I will buy some carbon offsets next time I get to town) and should look good from space.
I’m from Sydney, and last year our power failed just before earth hour. I had intended to take half a dozen 1250W xenon arc lamps and aim them at the sky just so they couldn’t use satellite photos for propaganda purposes.
Turns out the sky was just as bright and that only about 20000 greenies (in addition to the 30000 without power) turned their lights off anyway.
Obey your betters, peasants.
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forgotignored the whole thing.While I sympathize with the impulse, conspicuous consumption as a response to ostentatious non-consumption feels tacky.
Besides, think of the astronomers! Is it anti-human to hope a way might be found to make our nights safe and pleasant and let us see the Milky Way?