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Atom Egoyan
John Tserkezis said:David L. Jones wrote:
Though some people simply don't get the idea of irony. Our building is
plastered with the Earth Hour posters, however, one of the occupants is
a company that makes coal and gas power stations.
Being in IT, and having been in electronics engineering, I fully
support that (the manufacturing, not the earth hour bullshit).
Turning off the lights doesn't actually DO anything productive.
Lighting (at least the ones that are under normal control) form only a
small percentage of the total power outlay, so even if *everyone* turned
off *every* light it will do nothing for the longer term issues we're
going to have to cover. Less so since it's only an hour.
Google "earth hour sponsors" and have a gander as to what the media is
saying on this, or more importantly, what they're NOT saying.
I found out on Friday that last year's Earth Hour at Melbourne University
ended up being an expensive fiasco. Somebody thought it would be clever
to turn off a power segment, not stopping to wonder what might be on
the circuit. Turns out a freezer full of stuff had to be thrown away,
for a total cost of $36K. So much for saving the planet.
Atom Egoyan,
Melbourne, Australia