Welcome to the fantasy of anthropogenic climate-change true believers. Their aspirations to make the world a little darker and colder came to life during Earth Hour, even while evidence mounts that their scientific hypotheses and models have serious flaws. Instead of handling legitimate scientific criticism as scientists, they have instead responded with obloquy and charges of heresy.They do not want to find alternative energy sources that will fully replace what we have now. They want to reverse industrialization entirely, and they want top-down management of energy production to get it. They want a darker world, one in which candles replace light bulbs and the energy that runs the global economy — and has produced the best living standards in human history — gets rationed to satisfy the whims of statists and earth-worshipers.There are many good reasons to work towards energy independence and the reduction of emissions from hydrocarbon-based energy production, but no good reason to cheer for darkness. Earth Hour is just another absurdity from a movement full of them.Update: While Google scolds the rest of the world about turning off the lights, HA reader Simon Scowl directs our attention to this month’s Harper’s, which has an interesting look at Google’s plans to exploit cheap electricity in Oregon. Thanks to a boatload of government subsidies, Google located its new server farm on the Columbia River — where it will use enough electricity to light Tacoma, Washington.But that’s not the best part. According to Harper’s, Google and its competitors have now started building data centers in places like Lithuania, Dublin, Siberia, and Shanghai. What do all these locations have in common? Except for Lithuania, where 78% of the power will be nuclear, all of them rely on carbon-spewing energy production with lower prices and fewer controls on emissions. So much for Earth Hour, eh?
but what I was trying to say, is I know MANY people who still use CRTs, such as many schools, libraries, and people who don't buy new monitors with their new computer
bryanjkMar 29, 2008
how would it use more? it takes alot of more energy to create a white pixel than a black one
Closed AccountMar 29, 2008
Welcome to the fantasy of anthropogenic climate-change true believers. Their aspirations to make the world a little darker and colder came to life during Earth Hour, even while evidence mounts that their scientific hypotheses and models have serious flaws. Instead of handling legitimate scientific criticism as scientists, they have instead responded with obloquy and charges of heresy.They do not want to find alternative energy sources that will fully replace what we have now. They want to reverse industrialization entirely, and they want top-down management of energy production to get it. They want a darker world, one in which candles replace light bulbs and the energy that runs the global economy — and has produced the best living standards in human history — gets rationed to satisfy the whims of statists and earth-worshipers.There are many good reasons to work towards energy independence and the reduction of emissions from hydrocarbon-based energy production, but no good reason to cheer for darkness. Earth Hour is just another absurdity from a movement full of them.Update: While Google scolds the rest of the world about turning off the lights, HA reader Simon Scowl directs our attention to this month’s Harper’s, which has an interesting look at Google’s plans to exploit cheap electricity in Oregon. Thanks to a boatload of government subsidies, Google located its new server farm on the Columbia River — where it will use enough electricity to light Tacoma, Washington.But that’s not the best part. According to Harper’s, Google and its competitors have now started building data centers in places like Lithuania, Dublin, Siberia, and Shanghai. What do all these locations have in common? Except for Lithuania, where 78% of the power will be nuclear, all of them rely on carbon-spewing energy production with lower prices and fewer controls on emissions. So much for Earth Hour, eh?
tikisamMar 30, 2008
in protest of this crap I'm driving around aimlessly from 8-9 and leaving all the lights on at home.
bryanjkMar 30, 2008
but what I was trying to say, is I know MANY people who still use CRTs, such as many schools, libraries, and people who don't buy new monitors with their new computer
tophilliousMar 30, 2008
Theres also Ninja.com
hinchbMar 30, 2008
Yes all of what you just said was implied in the thing I quoted but thanks for spelling it out for people that can't read between the lines?
ninja0Mar 30, 2008
But who still uses CRTs these days? Probably a very small percent...
kiltedmileMar 31, 2008
This is so lame!
lkhendricksonDec 13, 2008
did it last year, will do it again
bowsterMar 25, 2009
This is so incredibly lame. Why does anyone want to celebrate a return to the Stone Ages?My lights are going to be on... All of them!
bowsterMar 25, 2009
Just do a little research....<a class="user" href="http://theobjectivestandard.com/blog/2009/03/real-meaning-of-earth-hour-by-keith.asp" rel="nofollow">http://theobjectivestandard.com/blog/2009/03/real- ...</a>