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Earth Hour

  • 07-02-2008 5:28pm
    #1
    Trogdor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,310 ✭✭✭


    Just saw this and thought I'd post it up. Not too sure on how this one hour could possibly impact on Global Warming, especially if it's natural, but from an astronomical point of view I thought it might be interesting if enough people are involved.
    http://www.earthhour.org/


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  • #2
    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭slade_x


    You do realise the city lights etc, stay on, any lighting in shops that have closed will and have stayed on. the gains are reported as negligible, even from just households.
    trogdor wrote: »
    I thought it might be interesting if enough people are involved.

    As i said above Light polution is still a problem from an observing the sky point of view, blackouts are bad enough but giving people time to plan crime wise for a black out is a recipe for disaster, which is why this is a household thing, and will only ever be


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