>I learnt via Twitter about something called “Earth Hour” and that it was taking place last Saturday at “8.30pm, GMT”. I looked at the website and saw that it had been pretty successful last year and it is our way of either voting for the Planet or for Global Warming which I found weird as I didn’t realise that there were any elections coming up about that. Just the European Elections and Belgian Elections, yet again. I seem to spend an awful lot of my time voting in this country – the local elections were only two years ago and are in two years time again, and what good does it do to Belgium? Nada. The last elected Prime Minister, Leterme, not van Rompuy, was out of office more than in. Not many people actually realised that Belgium was without a government, the difference was that significant.
And that was my take on Belgian politics.
Anyway, on Saturday I decided to vote for the Planet and by doing so I had to turn off all the lights in the house for an hour. Apart from the fact that it was supposed to happen at 8.30pm wherever you are didn’t really cross my mind, as far as I was concerned, the lights were going out at 9.30pm as that would be equal to 8.30pm GMT, and stay out for an hour. We made a video of it, which is a bit dark but has the odd bit of light in it and some rather strange commentary and then got bored.
Herman was very pissed off as I turned off his sun-lamp and so he shot off to bed as fast as his four legs would take him and I couldn’t really turn off my outside light as that’s set to a timer and buggering that up would be most traumatic for me.
After half an hour I decided to go to bed but things went very, very wrong then. Despite the fact I was holding a torch that was switched on, my natural reflex went and turned the bathroom light on. OH NOOOOOES! I am definitely not voting for Planet Earth, but Global Warming instead. Naturally, I switched the light straight off again – it looked weird even being on, put the torch on the glass ledge thing so that the light could shine through allowing me to see which toothbrush I was using and how much toothpaste.
Then it was a quick trip to the loo and again – OH NOOOOOES! I turned on the light, only to turn it off so quickly that I probably fused the damn thing. And then I went to bed.
This was only meant to be the lights, wasn’t it, not the TV or laptops (which I could have unplugged although the battery would have died after about 5 minutes).
Did Global Warming win the election? No doubt it did considering the fact that my kids forgot and so did all my neighbours.
If they even knew about it – so more publicity next year and let’s take over the planet.
Or whatever.
Update.
I don’t know how true this is but apparently the Atomium took part in Earth Hour by turning off all the lights in the, err – atom. That knocked all of €35 off their electricity bill. What a joke.
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Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Did the increased electricity usage caused by enormous numbers of tweets, blog posts, videos created and uploaded to YouTube (oh wow, watch them turn off their lights on the video, how deeply exciting), and extraneous other web activity more than make up for the amount of electricity saved by turning off the lights?
Just wondering.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Bob, I stayed off my laptop as I had a migraine. Didn’t see that many tweets and no blog posts so far as I’m probably looking in the wrong places.
But it’s a nice feeling. Sort of.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
Nice of you to join that world wide movement.
Now go throw all those empty batteries in a ditch or a field or something.
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
I take my dead batteries to the pharmacy along with with all my out-of-date meds. There’s a bin-bag full in my garage. TOXIC ALERT!
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
Oh dang forgot that one, had all my PC’s laptops powered up…. sorry….
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
I didn’t even know about it until I checked a news website an hour after it was over. Whoops. I’d have voted for Planet Earth if someone had told me!
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
we had everything except the fridge switched off or unplugged. was kind of nice actually, dinner, candles… i wasn’t sure why we switched the lights back on at the end of the hour actually.
and i see reports that in some countries there was a 2% dip in electricity consumption that hour.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Oh bugger, I forgot about that. And I spent a fortune on scented candles especially for the occasion.
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Govts and the like don’t use the term “Global warming” any more. They now call it “Climate change”, because they realised that they can’t fool the people any more. The Earth is actually getting colder; “Global colding” is the truth now!.
If you are in a greenhouse (not a shed!) on a sunny day it will get hot rapidly. Now if you paint all the glass white it soon cools down. This is what is happenig to the earth. There is so much carbon dioxide and pollutants in the atmosphere that effect is to reduce the sunlight and the heat from the sun, so the Earth is now getting colder.
The more crap we put in the sky, the colder it will get; so stop smoking!
Pfft! Global warming? Rubbish!
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
I was in a theatre at 8:30 and before the play began, it was announced that they would be turning off the marquee lights for Earth Hour. At which point I started to calculate exactly how many lights I had left on at home because I hate to come home to a dark house. Then the next day, the statistics were out: in my city, the electricity usage went down a whopping 1% during Earth Hour. By contrast, Toronto’s consumption went down 15%. Is Vancouver’s low percentage maybe my fault for leaving so many lights on while I was out?
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.
In Flanders they saved Â5000 by turning off all the lights on the motor ways. Good, but I doubt I’ll see anything deducted from my tax form.