Comments on: Commemorative Earth Hour Link http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045 Free Radicals Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Holly http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045&cpage=1#comment-4855 Holly Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:43:39 +0000 http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045#comment-4855 The lights in my apartment amount to about five 18-watt CFLs. I could save 0.09 kWh, and thus save the world. (Yeah, I know the point is probably to raise "awareness" or whatever, but I'm pretty sure 98% of participants are going to stop at the free, convenient, and highly visible part of this. Lights off for an hour, congratulations, you've done your Earth Deed for the year.) The lights in my apartment amount to about five 18-watt CFLs. I could save 0.09 kWh, and thus save the world.

(Yeah, I know the point is probably to raise “awareness” or whatever, but I’m pretty sure 98% of participants are going to stop at the free, convenient, and highly visible part of this. Lights off for an hour, congratulations, you’ve done your Earth Deed for the year.)

]]> By: bluntobject http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045&cpage=1#comment-4854 bluntobject Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:29:41 +0000 http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045#comment-4854 As part of my commitment to sustainable living, renewable energy, and the fight against waste and overconsumption, I'm going to drop everything and argue vociferously on the internet in favour of Formula One's adoption of <a href="http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2009/0/612.html" rel="nofollow">KERS</a> for the 2009 season. The success of this pivotal technology in a highly competitive and demanding motorsports environment is critical to its wide adoption in passenger and commercial vehicles beyond smug-burning hippie chariots like the Prius, so anything I can do to improve its visibility among the public is vital. Arguing on the internet being what it is, this may take a while. Probably at least an hour. As part of my commitment to sustainable living, renewable energy, and the fight against waste and overconsumption, I’m going to drop everything and argue vociferously on the internet in favour of Formula One’s adoption of KERS for the 2009 season. The success of this pivotal technology in a highly competitive and demanding motorsports environment is critical to its wide adoption in passenger and commercial vehicles beyond smug-burning hippie chariots like the Prius, so anything I can do to improve its visibility among the public is vital.

Arguing on the internet being what it is, this may take a while. Probably at least an hour.

]]> By: SmartDogs http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045&cpage=1#comment-4853 SmartDogs Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:46:16 +0000 http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045#comment-4853 Most people love the idea of being green and living sustainably -- until it involves any kind of significant effort or sacrifice on <i>their</i> part. Most people love the idea of being green and living sustainably — until it involves any kind of significant effort or sacrifice on their part.

]]> By: MarkHB http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045&cpage=1#comment-4852 MarkHB Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:35:17 +0000 http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=2045#comment-4852 You've gotta wonder how many bulbs blew, that will need to be replaced, when they switched on again at the end of the hour. I'll put money on the fix-cost being several times the hour-outage cost. You’ve gotta wonder how many bulbs blew, that will need to be replaced, when they switched on again at the end of the hour. I’ll put money on the fix-cost being several times the hour-outage cost.

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