What are you going to do when the lights go out tomorrow night?

ARE your lights going to go out?

Of all the people that are going to take part in Earth Hour, I'm sure Pixies will not have a problem finding something to do.

Are you the kind of person that takes part in such a demonstration/statement? If and when you do such things, what is it you hope to truly accomplish? Do you do such things to be a tiny part of something you feel truly will make a difference.

If you are not the type to become part of a wayward heard, even for something you do believe in, is it because you have little faith in it's real effectiveness? Do you have concerns about something but just don't feel it's worth your time to actually be involved some way?

Tell us about your reasons to participate or not to participate in an issue that is beyond your TV or refrigerator.

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Had not heard a word about it. I'll be at the beach. I can't promise to not run the blender.

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PF is that 8pm our time?

I'll be locking the door at work and finishing up paperwork.

The only problem with the earth today is over crowding and they will not let me do anything about that

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You got THAT right!

I DO believe population is the number ONE issue for out specie's survival. Rectify that and over half of all the other problems will disappear and the remaining ones MAY have a chance being addressed. Until then we are just blowing smoke up our own ass.

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“We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.” From the Earth Hour website.

There may be some value in efforts such as this to sensitize society to the problems of global warming. That being said, spectacles like this often (if not usually) serve no purpose other than to make people feel good by showing, and mentioning to others, that they too were politically correct.

Scarecrow and PantyFanatic have identified the root cause of the problem – overpopulation. If you take as given that the passion to reproduce is a reality which has yet to be successfully managed, then the only alternative is to manage the resources consumed. We must either consume more wisely or we must consume less.

With roughly 10 times the population of Kenya, Americans consume more than 300 times more resources than Kenyans do. Think about that this summer when you pay $3.30 (or more) for each gallon of gas you pump into your $15,000 car to drive from your air conditioned home to your air conditioned work. You will also, if the statistics are accurate and you are normal, likely be participating in the obesity epidemic which has missed a few billion people in the “less developed” countries.

To actually do enough to cause useful change, a rather small fraction of the world population – primarily North Americans and Western Europeans – need to change an awful lot.

Turning off the lights for an hour is not an awful lot.

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