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I think most of you have missed the point which is not entirely surprising. Earth hour is NOT about not using any energy. It is not about shutting down your company. It is a a statement, it is done to raise awareness and to make some people think about the energy they use.
Like our family, we actually did the earth hour here with the lights. We turned them all off....and in doing so it did make me think.....
The kitchen and breakfast room lights were on although no one was in those rooms...same with the laundry room and one of the bathrooms. Three kids were watching TV and gaming in each of their rooms, during earth hour they turned off the lights, and sat together and just talked.
Did we save much energey? Absolutely not, but it did remind me how much my family wastes by leaving lights on unnecessarily, and I guess that is what Earth Day is all about.
Earth Day will never mean anything to the individuals that say "unless google shuts down their data centers for an hour and loses money, fuck them, I ain't doing shit", but then to individuals like that, even if Google did, they would say "fuck it" anyways because it is "cool" they are a real "rebel" by not cooperating. To each his own.
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