My house didn't participate in Earth Hour, either - I mean, why turn out the lights for an hour, only to switch them back on till past midnight to make up for all the things you couldn't do in the dark?
Far better to implement energy conservation habits: switch off lights/electricals in empty rooms, plan your trips to save gas, recycle what can be recycled, use a glass while brushing teeth so that you can turn off the tap (but seriously, I was taught to do that as a child at my mama's knee...why would anyone leave the water running while brushing teeth?). Turn off the shower while soaping up - or use the water drum and dipper method of bathing. Stuff like that.
LOL! That reminds me of Ramon's former boss, back in the early 70s or so, long before all this environmental protection concept was even a twinkle in someone's eye.
If she caught someone having a last minute conversation with the counter girls while keeping the door open, she'd say, "Close that door! We are not in business to air-condition all of Ayala Avenue!"
Love her choice of words. *grin*
The only place I know where frigid temps may be justified are the computer rooms of certain businesses - the ones that have mainframes (or their modern equivalent). Because those things emit a lot of heat, or so I was told - but then, that was back in the 80s, surely technology has evolved since then? It's really hard to figure out how chilling customers like fresh chicken is supposed to contribute to the corporate bottom line.
Maybe the idea is to render the customers hypothermic and therefore more susceptible to decisions that benefit the company more than the customer. *snork*
I forgot about it this year, but a couple years in a row I did it. But when *I* do it everything goes off--the lights, the electronics get unplugged--everything. It's the only thing that makes any darn sense.
I agree, the only way it makes sense is a complete personal blackout. However the marketing being used is excessively wasteful too. TV commercials and conventional billboards are fine, print ads are great; however when you start producing fliers for hand distribution in the neighborhood of millions of copies, use digital billboard systems and hire DJs, spokes-models and put up fancy sound and light displays then it's completely counterproductive and borders on insanity.
Theres only one coutry that debates if climate change even exists. If they get onboard and get everyone to sign the kyoto treaty things will be better. I dont even own a car cause theres public transport. Organize my garbage . But sometimes I think of humans as a virus on the earth, and when we terraform mars or another planet. we will transfer to that planet like a virus transfers to another cell and ruin that planet too. Until we get to the next one. If we can ever find something on earth that is powerful enough to send vessels with the speed required.
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Far better to implement energy conservation habits: switch off lights/electricals in empty rooms, plan your trips to save gas, recycle what can be recycled, use a glass while brushing teeth so that you can turn off the tap (but seriously, I was taught to do that as a child at my mama's knee...why would anyone leave the water running while brushing teeth?). Turn off the shower while soaping up - or use the water drum and dipper method of bathing. Stuff like that.
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LOL! That reminds me of Ramon's former boss, back in the early 70s or so, long before all this environmental protection concept was even a twinkle in someone's eye.
If she caught someone having a last minute conversation with the counter girls while keeping the door open, she'd say, "Close that door! We are not in business to air-condition all of Ayala Avenue!"
Love her choice of words. *grin*
The only place I know where frigid temps may be justified are the computer rooms of certain businesses - the ones that have mainframes (or their modern equivalent). Because those things emit a lot of heat, or so I was told - but then, that was back in the 80s, surely technology has evolved since then? It's really hard to figure out how chilling customers like fresh chicken is supposed to contribute to the corporate bottom line.
Maybe the idea is to render the customers hypothermic and therefore more susceptible to decisions that benefit the company more than the customer. *snork*
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bizarre trolling is bizarre...
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I dont even own a car cause theres public transport. Organize my garbage . But sometimes I think of humans as a virus on the earth, and when we terraform mars or another planet. we will transfer to that planet like a virus transfers to another cell and ruin that planet too. Until we get to the next one. If we can ever find something on earth that is powerful enough to send vessels with the speed required.
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I was talking about the hypocrisy that comes with the way Earth Hour is implemented.
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