Somewhere Dandy Don Meredith is crooning..
Posted on 09/29/2007 9:12:37 PM PDT by castlebrew
...Led by Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, the proposed effort asks Angelenos to simultaneously go dark between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, as San Franciscans do the same. Local officials are expected to vote on the plan next week.
At the original event in Sydney, Australia, in March, 2.2 million people cut the lights, causing a 10% drop in electricity use. The so-called Earth Hour reduced 25 tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to taking nearly 49,000 cars off the road for 60 minutes, organizers said....
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Somewhere Dandy Don Meredith is crooning..
Oh good grief...with Arnold in charge the lights are likely to go dark no matter what.
As a former Californian, I can only recognize my former peers by their big honkin’SUV’s.. The legislature appears to be run by those who aspire to Valley Girl IQ standards.
California is done, stick a fork in it.
A golden opportunity for the dregs of LA to catch up on their looting, vandalism and general mayhem?
Crime time.
Stupidity reigns supreme in the land of fruits, nuts and flakes.
10% decrease in electrical use, 100% increase in crime. Good thinking, libs!
Crime time. Stupidity reigns supreme in the land of fruits, nuts and flakes.
Sorta makes one want to turn on every single light, doesn’t it?
I'm with you. Who else is?
Reminds me of the comedian, I can't remember who - Bill Cosby or Bob Newhart - or someone like that. He said whenever he visits his grown children at their house, he walks around the house and turns on every light. LOL
watch the number of candle-caused house fires shoot up
This is California were talking about, while mid to low 60’s is considered chilly for us we can over come this cold wave by lighting the fireplace. We also have a nuclear power plant down in San Onofre and as you all know this causes us to glow in the dark.
I support of this might I also suggest that the LA city council also hold their breath for the same hour,
And the fires due to forgotten Candles that the cat/dog knock over....
I promise to hold a live thread with relevant police scanner updates if this comes to pass.
Of course, to be real effective they should shut down all industry during a weekday....but that would cost governments money.
Reminds me of a friend from India.
He says that everyone just got used to the fact that the power was off for a couple of hours every day in many places in India because the grid was so overstressed.
I’ve heard that it isn’t good to sit in front of a computer , in the dark.
They ought to try this in Oakland! Just the small arms rounds going off would create a loom over the city you could see for miles...
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