In keeping with a “saving the world theme” I was on another website and the skuttle mentioned on there was that the 2010 Olympic hydrogen buses in Whistler are headed toward that good ol’ junkyard in the sky. I remember also reading that the hydrogen for these buses had to be “trucked” in from Quebec. Any one out there wanna disprove this rumour? I’m game. How about you, Peeps? Any comment? I need a ‘go to guy” for contradictory comments.

I spent the hour by turning on a few extra lights and appreciating all that it takes to have power at the flick of a switch.

Earth Hour? Earth Day? Earth Week? Just neglect to pay yer Hydro bill. Easy Peasy. People#1. Just think how many candles you can purchase with the money for one of your hydro bills.

What a poor showing Prince George and BC. This is why we need to elect a government that cares more about our children’s future than we do.

Look I am all for protecting the environment from irresponsible corporations and using our resources responsibly. But come on, we are in BC where nearly ALL our power is from hydro, how on earth does shutting off power using appliances save anything but your own hydro costs? To think this in anyway is helping save the planet is simply kidding yourself so you can feel good about all the non-saving you do the rest of the year. As long as I live in town limits I will continue to use the electricity I pay for, the water I pay for and when we retire out of this slum called PG, then I will be living the more self sufficient, self-reliant life and all the earth days won’t even compare to that lifestyle. Live the life or shut up about thinking you are saving the planet by turning off a couple of lights.

Our whole house has compact fluorescents for many years and lately they are being replaced with LEDs whenever they are on a real good sale somewhere.

So, as our consumption has dropped so much already switching off the last light source does not make any real difference, so we did not bother to participate.

But, the idea to save is definitely a good one!

PS, nice to see BCers are finally smartening up and not being the climate changing alarmist lapdogs.

People#1, we keep electing governments which make promises they do not keep, all of them, no matter what their ideology!

This Earth Hour event relied on a positive response from people. If people do not respond it does not matter what stripe of government is in power.

Yup, saving energy is now a bad thing… how perverse is that?

There is no story that Peeps can’t turn into some anti-government statement of some kind. That’s quite the skill.

PG hope you didn’t throw those cfl’s in the garbage.

So the province dropped 63 mw while the total load may have been around 7 gw, do the math.

North Korea lives in permanent earth hour.

Hey, at least Peeps does it in 1-2 sentences or less. Some recently dressed-down posters take 9 inches to make their point!

Still waiting for Eagleone to get the same chastising from the brass, but then where would I be if I couldn’t start each Friday with the latest conspiracy theory about the Bilderberg Group or Area 51 or whatever my tinfoil hat needs to protect me from next!

If it is so important to you People#1 why do you have a computer/computers and live on the grid? Please put your money where your mouth is and stop using electricity period!

You did burn bees wax candles didn’t you?

So here I am, the only one on this discussion board that turned off all the lights, TV, computers, gaming systems, and lit candles for Earth Hour… and that’s still not enough???

And now NoWay says “put your money where your mouth is”? Give your head a shake you hypocrite!

I was at the Canucks game last night. I did my part by not having to exert any energy cheering for them.

;)

Posted by: People#1 on March 30 2014 12:04 PM
What a poor showing Prince George and BC. This is why we need to elect a government that cares more about our children’s future than we do.

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I know what you mean; I waited for Christy Clark to show up last night and turn my lights off but she was a no-show. So disappointing.

I mean electing a government willing to bring about changes by enacting; green environmentally friendly laws and regulations.

Here is an example just to spell it out more clearly for you.

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_110397_e.htm

So people#1 just what did you accomplish? You may have turned your stuff off but back on again and you still have all your stuff. Talking about hypocrites.

Like I said North Korea, earth hour all the time.

While I tend to disagree with almost every attempt People#1 makes to place all the woes of the world on government or BIG OIL, the response of her 250news peers is saddening. She and her family participated in an event that harms no one, costs nothing, non-polluting and bonds family together, for this you pull out your sticks and club her like a Seal. As a parent I commend her for leading by example, imprinting a sense of environmental responsibility for the future benefit of my and YOUR children, they may grow to think twice before throwing that Timmies cup out the window, maybe they’ll turn out that light and do their part to keep electrical generation and transmission costs down, I just don’t see the down side to this.
As much as I would love to kick Peeps when she’s down, on this I’m going to give her a hand up.

Posted by: People#1 on March 30 2014 2:40 PM
I mean electing a government willing to bring about changes by enacting; green environmentally friendly laws and regulations.

Here is an example just to spell it out more clearly for you.

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_110397_e.htm

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You’re using Ontario as an example of environmentally friendly? Seriously, the law you linked to applies only to government funded institutions. It’s real easy easier to spend oodles of cash making yourself “green” so long as someone else is footing the bill.

People need to start making changes all on their own; they shouldn’t be relying on the government to look after them.

PS. My family and I turned everything off last night as well; i just didn’t feel the need to brag about it or adopt a holier then thou attitude.

Sure axman, it’s hard for us to reconcile your statement about turning everything off last night with this statement that you made earlier;

“I know what you mean; I waited for Christy Clark to show up last night and turn my lights off but she was a no-show. So disappointing.”

This would mean you left the lights on last night, would it not?

People#1 on March 30 2014 4:36 PM
Sure axman, it’s hard for us to reconcile your statement about turning everything off last night with this statement that you made earlier;

“I know what you mean; I waited for Christy Clark to show up last night and turn my lights off but she was a no-show. So disappointing.”

This would mean you left the lights on last night, would it not?

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I was merely pointing out how ridiculous this statement of yours was: “What a poor showing Prince George and BC. This is why we need to elect a government that cares more about our children’s future than we do.”

Evolution; the response of my 250news peers to my, and my family’s, efforts to conserve energy during Earth Hour only makes them look bad, not me.

I think the silent majority of 250news readers seeing these comments would agree. Their comments are more a statement about themselves rather than me. No worries… this ganging up and piling on has happened before, and will happen again with the small monkey see monkey do crowd on here.

“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you.

Never apologize for being correct, for being years ahead of your time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth!” ~ Gandhi

Stop it, People#1. You’re making me roll my eyes and making me shake my head too much.

Rolling eyeballs and a shaking head are the symptoms of a seizure, or the early onset of Parkinson’s disease. Either way, you might want to get that checked Harb! ;-)

If folks want to shut everything off for an hour, I have no problem with that or their opinions on how they’re saving their planet.
I ain’t buy’in. What a pile of crap!

Actually I turn my lights out every night for at least 15 hours, it is called bed time.

ha Ha ha good one ,, I have come to the conclusion that there is something seriously wrong with ??? , wont mention any names , figure it out. yes just like the name I looked around the neighbourhood and did what everyone else was doing ,I did what I needed to do with the lights on :) it was a inconvenient time for me , cheers

It seems like every third post on here on every subject is from you.Did your family ask who you where when you sat down to play snake in the grass and ladders ?

It seems like every third post on here on every subject is from you.Did your family ask who you where when you sat down to play snake in the grass and ladders ?

The hypocrite is you peeps. Careful you are almost at a letter from Ben post limit per thread!

Seems like every other post on here are people commenting to me, or about me… should I ignore everyone?

It could be because you always are on the attack ..no reason for it. Post your opinion and leave it at that.

I wonder how much oxygen is burned up in using candles and how much carbon dioxide, fine particulate carbon and carbon monoxide is produced per hour? Some people believe that by turning out the lights, the electricity here at least, is produced by non-carbon emitting hydro power is helping to “save the world”.
Well, you just keep on believing that.

twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year if I need light I turn it on. I do my part by turning off lights and other appliances when I don’t need them.Candles are only good for when my wife puts them around the bathtub and invites me in :)

http://datedaily.mate1.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/EWW.gif

Scary to have such a closed mind with no data or proven facts. Peeps runs on pure faith.

Perhaps people should strive to be energy efficient every day of the year. If you shut your lights off for 1 hour then repeatedly post nonsense on this site, you have wasted more energy than you have saved!

People#1 did you see this about the bloggies awards

“The Bloggies awards were so enthused that skeptics dominated the Science and Tech category that they removed the category. So I suggested skeptical readers pick different categories, and lo and behold today skeptics win in six different areas.

Thousands of readers will not go away.

I’d like to thank especially, the Mainstream Media, without which I would have hardly any traffic. I dedicate this win today to the science journalists in the ABC, BBC, CBC, CBS or CNN, and to Roger Harrabin, Andy Revkin and George Monbiot — all of whom make it so easy for skeptical blogs to flourish. Their promotion of logical fallacies, one-sided reports, and rank name-calling paves the way, en masse for hundreds of thousands of disappointed, thoughtful, inquisitive readers to hunt online for something better.

If science journalists were good scientists or good journalists skeptical blogs would not be one of the largest single categories on the world wide web. (Judging from the other winners, the mainstream media is also lacking in Moms).

Best European Weblog, Winner: Tallbloke’s Talkshop

Best Weblog About Politics, Winner: The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Best Topical Weblog ,Winner: Climate Audit

Best Group or Community Weblog, Winner: Watts Up With That?

Lifetime Achievement, Winner: JoNova

Weblog of the Year, Winner: Watts Up With That?

Congratulations to Best Canadian Weblog Winner: Small Dead Animals

“Congrats” to Michael Mann who wins “Climate Duplicitist of the Year” at WattsUp.

Thank you to skeptical readers who responded to the call for alternate-category nominations and who took the time to vote. Congratulations to Steve McIntyre, Anthony Watts, Roger Tallbloke Tatersall, and Benny Peiser.

A special note of thanks to the dedicated volunteers who help moderate; this would not be the site it is, without their help. And of course, thanks to all the commenters here who entertain and inform us, or just ask very good questions which can sometimes be the most useful thing of all.”