Comments on: The Hour of Power

By: kayfromcarroll

kayfromcarroll — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:32:56 +0000

I was too busy last night @ 8:30 to post my list, because I was:

Turning on every light switch
Unloading and reloading the dishwasher (and running it)
Turning on the TV (but not watching)
Working on the computer
Doing a load of laundry
Making sure my outside lights worked properly
Making sure the teen’s XBox was operational
Baking brownies
LMAO about the fact that I cancelled out about 3 Greenies sitting in the dark!

By: furious

furious — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:05:31 +0000

...as that generated by an incandescent bulb providing the same illumination. Poor, daffy greenies.

By: RJD

RJD — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:21:49 +0000

is how much power was used up after the hour ended, when the lights were turned back on?

And, what good was it to turn off the lights, if people were still on their computers?

My wife and I were busy finishing laundry, watching basketball and for me, database management homework.

By: keaponlaffin

keaponlaffin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:17:11 +0000

The outside lights are always on. As a courtesy to possible criminals. They need light to see the NRA sticker on the window and the shiny Beware of Dog sign on the door. It’s for their own safety really.
I did not go on a nice drive. I out-sourced that. Ordered delivery. Twice.
Various indoor lights are always burning. Not just for Earth Hour, but all night, every night. It’s not cool to wakeup a 100 lbs pitt bull by tripping over him in the dark.
Both computers are of course running. 24/7/365. And not idling. I got em both working on something, always. More CPU cycles = more electricity.
All my power comes from coal powerplants.
During Earth Hour I smoked many ciggies(CARBON!) and drank much beer. In aluminum cans, which I will not recycle.
(There is a Mrs PotatoHead Lady in my neighborhood who does that, and who am I to take away her livelihood?)
I used many plastic(OIL!) garbage bags for the beer cans.
The beer is not ‘organic’ so I imagine alot of petroleum(OIL!) based fertilizers and pesticides(POISON!) were used in the growth of the ingredients.
I’m pretty sure the Chinese food had MSG in it. The eggrolls were fried in TransFat.
The sammiches I got delivered contained a wide variety of dead animals. Also not ‘organic’.

Umm..so my digestion isn’t exactly top notch right now so just lemmie say METHANE!

By: zaber

zaber — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:41:32 +0000

.. I guess that Esurance commercial just wasn’t memorable enough for anyone but the self-important tree huggers.

I wonder if the White House went dark?

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:55:25 +0000

It is very flattering.

By: phred

phred — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:42:51 +0000

Everything was turned on anyway. Oven for the baked potatoes, steaks on the grill on a well-lit deck, big screen, laptop and desktop. It would have been better if I had remembered to gloat triumphantly.

By: $peciallist

$peciallist — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:06:57 +0000

By: duncnjf

duncnjf — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:54:16 +0000

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By: Praying

Praying — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:47:58 +0000

Does the fact that I’m still up at nearly midnight count?

Happy Birthday Moe. 39, huh. I remember back then. Vaguely.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:30:42 +0000

By: Amy Miller

Amy Miller — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:27:44 +0000

by downloading Toby Keith's music on two computers while watching the Military Channel. MWAHAHAHA! Happy Birthday, Moe! Just for fun...The Bailout. Will it Blend? THAT is the question:

By: spedteacher

spedteacher — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:27:20 +0000

All are on: tv, dvd, computer, coffee maker, all the lights, curling iron, use of the microwave to heat water, just in case I want some extra tea. Also, Moe, I do not know you, but I read your articles, so, happy birthday to you!

By: Freedomlover

Freedomlover — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:24:40 +0000

Very smug indeed. I turned our closet lights on too. My husband laughed at me and said no one would see them. I said I didn’t care,
I felt good because I KNEW they were on.

I’d love a cookie and double hurray for Kansas!

By: Amy Miller

Amy Miller — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:18:36 +0000

So thanks for that

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:03:57 +0000

It’s really on just because today’s been hot, but we don’t have to tell them that.

By: George Claghorn

George Claghorn — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:00:11 +0000

By: JustLeaveMeAlone

JustLeaveMeAlone — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:41:04 +0000

The big TV, the computer, and lots and lots of GOOGLING!!!

The cats’ water fountain is plugged in, and they have their own TV playing Animal Planet for their amusement.

Every ceiling fan is on high, and I ran the thermostat down to 67 because I was warm (that’s AC, folks).

The washer and dryer are going full tilt, and the exhaust fan is on to pull the heat out of the utility room, too. But maybe I should turn that off and just push the AC down another few degrees! Might as well have a nice, cool house to sleep in.

For the heck of it, I strung some old incandescent chili lights on the balcony

By: tnjim

tnjim — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:40:32 +0000

…for that sort if thing. You raise a couple of good points, however.

Especially that last one.

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:37:21 +0000