Blackout - Tonight 4.30pm

>B L A C K O U T L O N D O N (& other parts of UK) 4th November 2006
>
> The dimming effect will be visible from space!
>
> Starting at Sunset - 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm
>
> You are invited to take part in the largest demonstration of People
Power
> that London (and the UK) has ever seen on Saturday 4th November
2006, by
> turning off all your lights, and switching off all your non-essential
> electrical equipment at Sunset.
>
> Climate Change is already compromising the water supply, crops, habitat
> and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, and threatens to
> undermine the Global Economy within a few decades, as well as creating
> waves of Climate Refugees, and driving countless animals and plants to
> extinction.
>
> The principal cause of Global Warming is Carbon Dioxide rising
emissions
> into the atmosphere from the burning of Fossil Fuels, for electricity
> generation, transport, manufacturing, industry, space heating and air
> conditioning.
>
> REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER !
>
> For one day in November, people are being asked to think about what
they
> can turn off, switch off and unplug, to show support. If successful the
> power demand in the United Kingdom will reduce so much that the
newspapers
> are obliged to report it.
>
> The organisers want the lights to go out in London [and elsewhere], so
> that on the evening of 4th November 2006, the dimming effect will be
> visible from space.
>
> To protect us from the Enemy of Climate Change, we need a War on Energy
> Abuse. Just like Britain during World War Two, we need to see a
Blackout
> all over London.
>
> CELEBRATE THE NIGHT OF POWER : TURN OFF ! SWITCH OFF ! UNPLUG !
>
> Including:
> . Switch off your set-top boxes
> . Pull all the chargers out of the wall sockets
> . Turn off lights in any room you are not using
> . Switch off any machine with a digital clock in it
> . Unplug the hi-fi and the TV and the games console
> . De-frost your freezer
> . Switch off your fridge for a couple of hours
> . Turn the central heating thermostat down to 16 degrees and put a
woolly
> sweater/jumper on if you're cold.
>
> For more information about this event and similar campaigns - see
> http://www.workface-limited.co.uk/

 

I'm pissed off that I'm not working this evening, I'd have had a good shot at cancelling it out completely by starting some big pumps to bring on several megawatts of power draw.

(The "darken the skies" ambition is hilariously doomed to failure for lack of publicity or public interest anyway.)

 

Why?

 

Must I enclose every flippant comment between /joke tags?

But come to think of it, if I did this it would make a point about how out of touch these people are with practical realities. We can't do without heating and lighting, and telling people to unplug their mobile phone chargers is equivalent of trying to use a thimble to put out a forest fire. Whilst grandstanding with this meaningless gesture, the same group opposes the real, practical solution of nuclear power.


Plus, I'm pretty sure these guys are taking the piss anyway:

Saving the environment with kilowatts of projection power!

 

We don't have to live in eternal darkness to achieve better climate. We just need to buy those special lightbulbs that save lots of energy plus use our washing machine at 30 degrees instead of 90.

So all this turning off the lights is not going to be popular with people. Man needs light. Infact God said, "let there be light".

 

it doesnt say switch off all your lights - it says " Turn off lights in any room you are not using" which will save money on your bills as well if done regularly

 

be funny if all floodlights at football matches go out .

 

I don't imagine this gesture is designed to be a full and comprehensive solution to climate change. Quite clearly it seems to be a PR stunt designed to get the issue in the papers, to give it some publicity and to spark some debate.

I asked you to expound upon your joke because very often flippant remarks such as these convey an underlying serious point or political stance - as your response showed.

 

Only 10 minutes to go. I just fired up a couple of fan heaters and I'm busy swapping all my low power bulbs for bigger ones.

 

Would be funny if the ITV were turned off so no Xfactor.