Home
Rhyme of the Day - Photonic Abstinence [entries|archive|friends|userinfo]
john_j_enright

[ website | My Website ]
[ userinfo | livejournal userinfo ]
[ archive | journal archive ]

Links
[Links:| Touched By Its Rays Robert Bidinotto Instapundit Objectivist Discussion Chicago Objectivist Center DayByDay Peter Saint-Andre Admirers of Ayn Rand at the Atlasphere Fountainhead Institute MirrorSite Montessori College Project UnholyQuest Stephen Hicks Not PC Try Reason ]

Photonic Abstinence [Mar. 24th, 2008|06:52 pm]
Previous Entry Add to Memories Tell a Friend Next Entry
I see we're celebrating Earth Hour in Chicago on March 31.  At 8 pm that night they want us to turn off our lights for an hour.

It's a symbolic exercise.  Like lighting a votive candle in church...  except the other way around.

Hmm.  Maybe it's more like giving things up for Lent... environmental Lent.

If I give up light for Lent,
will my sacrifice prevent
climate change in our time?

I hereby sincerely repent
for all of the kilowatts spent
typing satirical rhyme.
linkReply

Comments:
[User Picture]From: [info]boffo
2008-03-25 12:23 am (UTC)

(Link)

My understanding is that when you use electricity, the amount of resources you consume by doing so is dependent on how many other people are using electricity from the grid at the same time. So if you want to be environmentally friendly, you ought to shift as much appliance usage as possible into that hour when everyone else is avoiding using electricity.
[User Picture]From: [info]madbard
2008-03-25 12:36 am (UTC)

(Link)

Or just move into a forest.

Hey, how come we never make fun of the ultimate hypocrites: environmentalists who have more than zero children?
[User Picture]From: [info]john_j_enright
2008-03-25 01:29 am (UTC)

(Link)

Children are bad for the rainforest!
[User Picture]From: [info]john_j_enright
2008-03-25 01:28 am (UTC)

(Link)

I think you're right.

So when everyone is avoiding using electricity - namely "Earth Hour" - I plan to light up the house like a beacon.