Posted on 03/29/2014 2:27:02 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
World’s Iconic Landmarks To Go Dark For Earth Hour
March 29, 2014 4:59 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — If you happen to notice some of New York City’s famous landmarks go dark Saturday night, don’t be alarmed.
It’s all a part of a global initiative to bring awareness to our impact on the Earth.
This evening, people around the world will observe Earth Hour by turning off their lights between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. local time.
Keya Chatterjee, of the World Wildlife Fund told 1010 WINS there has been major progress in conservation.
“In the last 18 months there have been more solar panels installed in the United States than in the previous 30 years. So we’re seeing a real trend,” Chatterjee said.
Those participating are asked to take the time to contemplate the Earth’s environment.
“Earth Hour is a moment to kind of celebrate that trend and think about how we can switch the way we use electricity,” Chatterjee added.
Nearly all of the world’s major landmarks and iconic buildings will also take part. China’s Birds Nest Stadium, the Great Wall of China, the pyramids in Egypt, the Eiffel Tower, and Big Ben will all go dark at the same time.
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Years ago, during Bush 1, a church in which we were members had a major lib as Sunday School Superintendent. She was organizing a sleep-in for the church youths in which they would spend the night in the heated parish hall, sleeping in cardboard boxes, to raise awareness for the homeless.
When she announced this in church, she was not prepared for my response..."That doesn't do one stinking thing for the homeless. Instead of a useless gesture, why don't you invite a homeless family or person to spend a night in your house and give them three hots and a cot."
Wish I had a camera to capture her expression. It would be in the dictionary next to several words: flabbergasted, lost, flummoxed and totally pissed.
Party at Pat Sajak’s house for Earth Hour. There is a password. LOL
“People who care about the Earth” are willing to turn off their lights for only 1 hour in the year?
What a bunch of Jerks!
Is Earth Day not working?
Another ritual in the Church of Man.
Count me out. Instead I’ll be attending Solemn High Mass tomorrow for Laetare Sunday.
Oh no, is that today? I’m not prepared. It rained today, so all the wood for my bonfire is waterlogged. One of my two brightest outdoor lights burned out last week, and I don’t have a replacement. Oh well, I’ll do my best to light up the sky, and burn as much electric as possible.
Reminds me of the opening skit of this classic from National Lampoon’s Radio Dinner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUiMRaFkedc
Just imagine the same two libtards today talking about Earth Day.
this is the definitive earth day video
Tree hugging moonbats crying over trees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_JPcBwYGmo
My non-political guy just looked at me and said “And how will this accomplish anything?”
Back when men were sane people like those were confined to psychiatric wards or padded cells. Then the ACLU entered the scene and had them released. We are paying the price today. See: Globull warming/climate change.
I could not stop laughing.
I know the video you’re talking about, and I’m not watching that again. Last time I pulled a rib from laughing too hard.
I was worried I would not be able to have as bright of celebration this year as last year. I had two - 90 watt halogen PAR 38’s burned out That I was going to have to wait till payday to replace. I took Mom some Pot-roast for supper a few minutes ago and she handed me a box of PAR 38 Floods and asked if I could use them. Thanks Mom I just changed them out in time for tonight’s festivities :>}
Foggy and raining in New York tonight, so most of us won’t notice if the top of the Empire State Building goes dark for an hour. As for robberies - as far as I know, all the street lights will stay on, and the subway will not be interrupted. So thankfully, this useless exercise won’t have any effect on us. But I must admiit I’m not fully prepared - have to see if I can find a spot light to aim out my window in the general direction of the Empire State Building...
More like two trends. One is the increase in taxpayer funds to subsidize the installation and the second is the increase in our electric bills to provide ongoing subsidies to the owners, a lot of that goes to Elon Musk the green subsidy billionaire.
The plane was above the peaks of the skyscrapers when suddenly, with the abruptness of a shudder, as if the ground had parted to engulf it, the city disappeared from the face of the earth. It took them a moment to realize that the panic had reached the power stations—and that the lights of New York had gone out.“In the last 18 months there have been more solar panels installed in the United States than in the previous 30 years. So we’re seeing a real trend,” Chatterjee said.
I'm considering putting one on a storage shed because it will be cheaper than running a power line to it to run a ventilation fan and some lights.
We have been in our house 17 years but the guy who lived there before us was a wiring fool. We have flood lights all around the house with what I call the panic panel in the master closet. One swipe of the hand and our house lights up like Walmart. Lol
Ahhhh but I am not home, am on our boat so will light a candle tonight instead. Sigh
“If you happen to notice some of New York City’s famous landmarks go dark Saturday night, don’t be alarmed.”
The biggest mistake that General George Washington made was not burning that New York City hellhole of Tory traitors to the ground. Since that time, NYC has grown into a nest of commies, Nazis, neo-con cowards and America-hating leftists.
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