<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for ‘Earth Hour’ event switches off lights around the world]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/EarthHour/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:16:30 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/EarthHour/1 Blue Laws

 
Although I rebelliously blazed all my apartment lights on Saturday at 8pm, I do like the idea of turning things off.

Originally my mantra was that anything which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is guaranteed a page in the Book of Cool.

Now, maybe the solution to our problems is to go back to Blue Laws on Sunday.   I mean, how about if we all call a Social Detente and agree to give each other a rest?    Let's close as much stuff as possible on Sunday and stay home, have big dinners, watch a little tv, play ball at the park, sleep and then go at it on Mondays.

We could save 1/7th off all the energy being expended in big retail outlets, in driving to big retail outlets and so on.


]]> Blue Laws

 
Although I rebelliously blazed all my apartment lights on Saturday at 8pm, I do like the idea of turning things off.

Originally my mantra was that anything which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is guaranteed a page in the Book of Cool.

Now, maybe the solution to our problems is to go back to Blue Laws on Sunday.   I mean, how about if we all call a Social Detente and agree to give each other a rest?    Let's close as much stuff as possible on Sunday and stay home, have big dinners, watch a little tv, play ball at the park, sleep and then go at it on Mondays.

We could save 1/7th off all the energy being expended in big retail outlets, in driving to big retail outlets and so on.


]]> Comment #2 by rrecroc http://www.grist.org/article/EarthHour/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:05:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/EarthHour/2 Have You Ever Seen .....

A satellite photo of the US at night ...... the whole country is lit up like a carnival ......we don't need all the streetlights and parking lots lit up like ball fields ....... they should all be cut-off at 9 or 10 pm ..... we have headlights on our cars .....it is a total waste and total stupdity

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A satellite photo of the US at night ...... the whole country is lit up like a carnival ......we don't need all the streetlights and parking lots lit up like ball fields ....... they should all be cut-off at 9 or 10 pm ..... we have headlights on our cars .....it is a total waste and total stupdity

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