On a tip from Sondra K:
I pulled up to Al’s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm – right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on. …
I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees.
Earth Hour is the equivalent of absolution for any wanna-be environmentalist out there. I’m referring to anyone who thinks they can “make a difference” by turning off their lights for one hour a year, yet participates in our consumerist society – which will never be “carbon-neutral” (yes, I’m using your terms now, you dirty hippies).
What’s even more far-fetched is that politicians will take action following this act. I’m sure that all countries would be in a better place if elections were based on our ability to turn off electrical appliances.
Thinking of this spectacle as the bastardization of Yom Kippur makes it easier to understand the reverence that was lavished upon it.
EWWWWWWW
As they rebuke God they pervert his plan.
If only the fools that turned off their lights to “celebrate” that hour would turn off all of their electrically powered equipment. That would be glorious.
Earth Hour was meant to bring awareness to the issue of our dependance on electricity (mostly powered by coal) and I don’t know anyone who thought they were ACTUALLY saving the world by observing the hour with their lights out.
Gore should have absolutely known that his lights ON would bring awareness to his duplicity. If you have a platform that askes other people to do “X”, you’d better also do “X” if you want to have your platform taken seriously.