Tonight is EarthHour2020. Does anybody give a frick about it? Apparently not when it’s being beaten by silly pictures of cats on Twitter
Tonight at 8:30PM your local time, you’ll be asked to turn off all your lights by the World Wildlife Federation to “save the planet”, or something. Given what people are going through globally right now, I predict participation will be at the lowest level ever. I mean really, who wants to add “sitting in the dark” to their lock-down misery? Read on for a surprise.
Wikipedia says:
The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on a specific day towards the end of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Since then, it has grown to engage more than 7,000 cities and towns across 187 countries and territories to raise awareness for energy consumption and effects on the environment.
But here’s something interesting, EarthHour is less popular globally than WUWT by a factor of 6.26 to 1 !!! (A lower number is better.)
And, neither #EarthHour or #EarthHour2020 is trending on Twitter. It’s being beaten by silly pictures of cats #Caturday.
So here’s my message:
TURN ON ALL YOUR LIGHTS! At 8:30PM local time for an hour.
CELEBRATE LIGHT, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS!
And as always, a reminder that every hour in North Korea is “Earth Hour”.
I recommend celebrating ‘Earth Day’ with distilled amber beverages, sipped ’round a roaring fire. If we really want to stir the genetic primal spirits of our ancestors, there are few better ways than subdued conversation and extended contemplation of piled embers, while savoring your favorite variation of a mellow whiskey. In the spirit of this moment, I’ll be enjoying a bit of Old Forester I think, a Kentucky bourbon continuously bottled and distributed since 1870. Here’s hoping the Great NorthWet isn’t brewing up and decanting a rain deluge this eve, to dampen ‘the plan’.
If your concerned about this leading to insufficient ‘social distancing’, think of it as generously applying a gastronomically preferred version of ‘Wuhan sanitizer’ to lips, gums, and throat, before any close encounters of the friendly kind might occur. Stay happy out there, Y’all!
Save a seal. #StopWWF
Stop the carnage. #WhackATurbine
Stop the blight. #GoNuclear
Think of the children. #HateLovesAbortion
Don’t be Green, or green, go green.
Got this notification just in time. It’s 2015 here in the UK right now. Just enough time for me to go and switch on every light and electrical appliance I have. I’ll run them all for 10 minutes, starting at 2030 local time.
@Patrick Guinness from Kerbob
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-people-turn-christmas-lights-back-on-to-spread-cheer-20200318-4e6owq64ljfsvd4v27ynqfsihy-story.html
UK – in the middle of ER’s great response (/sarc)
https://gridwatch.co.uk/
Well, well..
Looking back (now) at the data from the post above –
Taking into account it is a Saturday, the UK seems to be moving along with no dip at all.
In fact it is now (22:15) running at a higher level than yesterday.
Other things observed –
1) Brilliant sunshine all day yesterday – solar very high for the time of year.
2)Strong cold NE winds with cloud developed during the day today so more wind power is finally being generated.
3)Load stabilization is being achieved by imports from France and the Netherlands.
Did someone mistime? There was a sudden drop off of power used at about 1700 today! (/sarc).
Wish I had read this earlier , its been and gone. I would of turned on some outside lights, ah well next year.
That made me laugh…I totally forgot about it too! I usually turn on every light and machine I can think of…rats! More important things to think about, like ‘phoning friends and family in the UK to check how they are.
‘Caturday’?! Ye gods!
Here’s a question, since all the climate cultists are yammering about the reduced “carbon footprint” right now: what happens when there is no change in temperature, despite the reduction of CO2? Won’t that rather destroy their Narrative about the control knob being CO2?
And, yeah, some have figured this out, hence why they are trying to nullify what’s going on.
They have that covered. The heat goes and hides in the ocean and then comes back with a vengeance heating the air which then heats the ocean which goes and hides and then comes back…and so on. The science in our models is settled, Trenberth said so.
Earth Hour is just starting where I am. I may turn on a couple of green incandescent lightbulbs. That would confuse the greenies, wouldn’t it?
I forgot all about the Power Hour this year. If I had been at some woke idiot would have sent round an email about it. At least at the time I had a nice coal and wood fire going as the UK is cold at the moment with easterly and now northerly winds.
Earth hour? Do people still bother with that idiocy? I missed it completely. As always.
Earth-hour — I not only don’t give a frick, I don’t give a frack either. So, I don’t give a Frick & frack. 😉
Hey! Cat pics & videos are entertaining — I got some of my own.
To do my part I turned on my old Shortwave Receiver (National NC-173) that’s loaded with tubes and basked in the warm glow it produces when the top cover open.
I take zero direction from The World Wildlife Federation.
Oh Dear! I didnt even know it was Earth Hour day, and left all the house lights on when we went out. Nobody here cares.
Gosh, was I supposed to turn off my lights last Sunday. I didn’t notice that it was something I was supposed to do. Will I go to jail?