Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissions

telegraph UK ^ | 6-23-10 | Danielle Demetriou

[WOBBLY BOB]

A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions. The Morning Challenge campaign, unveiled by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premise that swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation's carbon footprint.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Maybe they want ALgore tucking them in at night.

[ZULU]

Maybe we can do the same thing with Congress. ASk them to go to sleep 3 hours early.

[EagleUSA]

And this was supposed to be an intelligent culture....I think that got lost somewhere back down the road a’ways.

[norraad]

"We need to collectively put our carbon footprint so far up their 'collective' a$$ they'll have toes for teeth!,"

[Tax-chick]

swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight might reduce your electric bill.

[Uncle Miltie]

You KNOW what happens in bed....more little carbon footprints pitter-pattering around 9 months later.

[ScottinVA]

And don’t forget to turn out the rights!

[C19fan]

This fits in nicely with what Al Gore stated
Environment should be the “central organizing principle” of society.

[DugwayDuke]

Essentially, the same thing as if we cancelled daylight savings. But, the real reason we have DST is that it’s good for the economy. It creates jobs. More time after work means more recreational activities, more recreational equipment sold, etc. Just another example of people wanting to destroy wealth and reduce living standards to ‘save the planet’.

[a fool in paradise]

Mandatory bedtimes. Goes with mandatory toilet bowl flush sizes and mandatory calorie intakes.

Thank you damn socialists.

[Puppage]

Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissions

Then, wouldn't they wake up an hour earlier?

[a fool in paradise]

What is daylight savings time?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Scythian]

Yet the Japanese continue to kill thousands of whales at sea each year for “research” freaking hyprocrites, I wish Godzilla was real

[Valpal1]

Japan has a plummeting birth rate. The government may be selling this as a “green” effort to reduce CO2, but it could have the very beneficial effect of giving them a mini baby boomlet, which would do more for their economy than anything else at this point.

Failing to breed is a sure sign of imminent cultural demise. Maybe they’ve figured that out?

[mckenzie7]

Sort of like Daylight Savings Time?

[Palter]

Sweet! More time for Yobai'“night crawling'

[Tax-chick]

A pain in the neck.

[Cagey]

[RangerM]

Might not be a good idea for women. I’d bet most husbands will confirm their wives’ pass (the most) gas when asleep.

Always been my observation, anyway.