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Are you going to turn off everything and sit in the dark for Earth Hour?

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  • #32
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Demand is ramping up nicely :P

    http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/systemdemand/
    Time System Demand MW

    26/03/2011 16:00 2944
    26/03/2011 17:00 3035
    26/03/2011 18:00 3244
    26/03/2011 19:00 3451


  • #33
    sollar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭sollar


    no.... the tv uses far more electricity anyway and i'm not turning it of during the ireland match.


  • #34
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    No need .The esb did it for me.


  • #35
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    All this environmental awareness sh!te was supposed to get me a job after college. It didn't. Fcuk it. I'm turning on every light in the house in protest for the hour.


  • #36
    WolfForager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭WolfForager


    I just don't see the point, what is this supposed to achieve?


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  • #37
    finipops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭finipops


    I consumed a lot of power.:p


  • #38
    reverenddave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭reverenddave


    SeaFields wrote: »
    All this environmental awareness sh!te was supposed to get me a job after college. It didn't. Fcuk it. I'm turning on every light in the house in protest for the hour.


    county council are employing
    go into their offices and ask for Enda Kiernan
    he'll point you in the right direction


  • #39
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    finipops wrote: »
    I consumed a lot of power.:p

    Heretic.


  • #40
    wolf moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 644 ✭✭✭wolf moon


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Is anybody here going to sit in the dark feeling smug tonight at 8:30?.
    not even 20 minutes ago i replaced another "eco - energy saving" bulb - it's crazy price meant to compensate reliability (100000 hours of work, etc) and help protect environment.

    eco-bull, fool me once - shame on you, fool me twice - shame on me.

    an hour in darkness, me arse...


  • #41
    citizen_p
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    I didnt do it, my lights are only on from about 6pm to 11pm.....
    its to inconvinient to be honest...


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  • #42
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Yeah because I had a migraine a while ago.


  • #43
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭shedweller


    what day is this earth hour craic going on at?:P


  • #44
    WolfForager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭WolfForager


    8.30 and might i add.. EPIC FAIL :p
    MW
    26/03/2011 20:15 3438
    26/03/2011 20:30 3381
    26/03/2011 20:45 3355


  • #45
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,540 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Shame on you all :mad:
    A small sacrifice to make for one hour today and most of you couldn't even do it..and instead are slagging it off.
    Personally I had off all my lights+pc+xbox etc all off for this hour...




    actually for 3 hours as I went for a small nap after a day of glorious airsofting :D


  • #46
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    Right now all the lights in the house are on, including the lamps. All the TV's are on, my laptop is on, the dishwasher, the washing machine, the cooker (cooking dinner). Also, the patio lights are on.

    Am I doing this right?


  • #47
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    zuroph wrote: »
    I've been sitting in the dark for the last hour because i'm too lazy to get up to turn on lights.

    Stoned ???


  • #48
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭shedweller


    All my lights are on too, but they are 3W LED's. The cfl's i used to have are guzzlers by comparison. I think i'm doing my bit.


  • #49
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    Its like people going over to Roscommon for a weekend to build a few houses for the poor unfortunates. Basically, a massage for the conscience and the ego all in one go.
    Generally pointless though.


  • #50
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    charlemont wrote: »
    Stoned ???

    Hope he didn't turn off his growroom lights. That wouldn't be very green.


  • #51
    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »
    Its like people going over to Africa for a weekend to build a few houses for the poor unfortunates. Basically, a massage for the conscience and the ego all in one go.
    Generally pointless though.

    how is it pointless if they build houses for them ?


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  • #52
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »
    Its like people going over to Africa for a weekend to build a few houses for the poor unfortunates. Basically, a massage for the conscience and the ego all in one go.
    Generally pointless though.

    that's why I never donate to them bagpackers, expecting us to pay for private school kids' holidays


  • #53
    Irish Fire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Irish Fire


    Turn off the lights and practice making babies :):)


  • #54
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    duckysauce wrote: »
    how is it pointless if they build houses for them ?

    They can build their own houses if they are given the money, materials and knowhow. Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, - teach him to fish and he'll eat for ages (unless he lives in the desert and then its useless)
    What they're doing is flying over there with their mates, going our fishing on the lake, toasting each other with a few beers while they watch the locals eat the fish, then flying home.


  • #55
    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »
    They can build their own houses if they are given the money, materials and knowhow. Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, - teach him to fish and he'll eat for ages (unless he lives in the desert and then its useless)
    What they're doing is flying over there with their mates, going our fishing on the lake, toasting each other with a few beers while they watch the locals eat the fish, then flying home.

    eh no they are building houses , have you been over there with them ?


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You will do a lot more for the environment by walking to the pub instead of driving, than any symbolic switching off of lights and possibly gettiing a free trip to casualty after tripping over the cat!


  • #57
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    duckysauce wrote: »
    eh no they are building houses , have you been over there with them ?

    I have indeed.


  • #58
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    looking at Eirgrid site, between 20:15 and 21:30 the demand dropped by 10%
    thing is, it dropped by exactly 10% in the same time period last night


  • #59
    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    Donal Og O Baelach wrote: »
    I have indeed.

    what group leader where you with? , and how many fish did you catch?


  • #60
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    duckysauce wrote: »
    what group leader where you with? , and how many fish did you catch?

    I drove the bus.
    By the way, I was putting the housebuilding project into the context of the famous fishing quote (thought that was obvious). But since you mention it - I did actually catch a fish.


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  • #61
    UsernameInUse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 778 ✭✭✭UsernameInUse


    When I looked out the window earlier, not one house had their light turned off. I think they actually had more lights on than usual - probably just to piss off the Earth. What a bastard he really is... :pac:


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