Join the Sussex switch-off (From The Argus)
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Join the Sussex switch-off
1:10pm Monday 22nd March 2010 in
Lights across Sussex will be switched off during Earth Hour to help spread the message about tackling climate change.
The Argus is encouraging residents, community groups and businesses to support Earth Hour, which takes place on Saturday between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
People all across the world are being asked to switch their lights off to help support the planet.
Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, and is organised by the World Wildlife Fund. Brighton and Hove City Council has asked its staff members to make sure lights and other electrical items are switched off where appropriate until they are needed again on Monday.
However, lights on the seafront Birdcage bandstand will remain switched on because they have been specifically designed for lowcarbon use, with the latest LED technology allowing for minimal energy use.
For more information about Earth Hour, visit www.earthhour.org Tell us how you are planning to take part below.
Comments(32)
Tammy Flugh
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1:17pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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1:43pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Now if the electric companies just switched off all the power for an hour ...
corruptive
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1:46pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Nyberg
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1:47pm Mon 22 Mar 10
censored
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1:57pm Mon 22 Mar 10
The grid will still be generating all that power, so it'll go to waste. If too many people turn stuff off it might even cause part of the grid to go offline, leading to a power-cut.
Beethoven
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2:06pm Mon 22 Mar 10
I take it that other electric alliances will also be turned off?
Granny
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2:22pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Spanners
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2:23pm Mon 22 Mar 10
censored wrote:In order to achieve this it would need to be a huge reduction in consumption. There is no way Earth Hour will achieive this. Even if it were capable of doing so then it would be obselete anyhow. By that I mean the climate change message would have been spread most efffectively. So, for now, this is good idea although there may be a point in the future where it could, potentially have a negative impact.
It's a symbolic gesture that actually does harm. The grid will still be generating all that power, so it'll go to waste. If too many people turn stuff off it might even cause part of the grid to go offline, leading to a power-cut.
john todd
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2:50pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Climate change is the biggest con trick ever devised on this planet!, it is a natural condition and the 6b. of humans only add 2% to it
I will make sure that I have both my t.v's on and every light in the house on on Saturday night, instead of only just one!
corruptive
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2:52pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Nick Brighton
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2:58pm Mon 22 Mar 10
john todd wrote:Excellent! Keep it up John. I have shares in the power companies, and all your money you keep spending ends up as dividends in my bank account.
What a lot of nonsence!
Climate change is the biggest con trick ever devised on this planet!, it is a natural condition and the 6b. of humans only add 2% to it
I will make sure that I have both my t.v's on and every light in the house on on Saturday night, instead of only just one!
Interociter
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3:31pm Mon 22 Mar 10
cheezburger wrote:No, it's the World Wildlife Fund. Check the website - http://earthhour.wwf
I for one will be supporting it.
Incidentally its the World Wide Fund for Nature, not World Wildlife Fund.
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lorrie2
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3:37pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Why should I turn all my lights off for an hour, when all the office blocks opposite me at the botton of North rd leave ALL thier lights and computers on all night when theres not even anyone in the building.
BringBackGoodGrammar
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3:53pm Mon 22 Mar 10
"I'ts a load of ballcocks"
by the time the event is due to take place , I assume most of the people who post here will be half-cut, and won't care less about some stupid idea like this.
Lord Tilford
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4:00pm Mon 22 Mar 10
So, in Sydney Australia (or anywhere in Oz, for that matter) they won't be groping around in the dark as it'll be daylight there.
They're not as dumb as they look.
Lord Tilford
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4:49pm Mon 22 Mar 10
kkj
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4:55pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Interociter wrote:From the WWF website:
cheezburger wrote: I for one will be supporting it. Incidentally its the World Wide Fund for Nature, not World Wildlife Fund.No, it's the World Wildlife Fund. Check the website - http://earthhour.wwf .org.uk/?gclid=CKC31 JDWzKACFQOZ2AodZhq60 Q
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How do I organise a talk about WWF for my organisation?
A. Unfortunately WWF does not have enough staff posted around the UK to be able to give talks about our work. However, WWF Scotland has trained volunteer presenters who give talks to community groups in Scotland. If you are a community group interested in receiving such a talk, please contact WWF Scotland scotland@wwf.org.uk
What do the initials WWF stand for?
A. When WWF was first set up in 1961, WWF stood for World Wildlife Fund.
In 1986 we changed this to World Wide Fund for Nature to emphasise the broad nature of WWF’s conservation work, which includes not only species, but also habitats and the reversal of environmental degradation.
However, since July 2000, WWF has been known simply by its initials, with the descriptor of 'For a Living Planet'.
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So you're all wrong!
yorkie44
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4:59pm Mon 22 Mar 10
It is intersting to note that the council is instructing staff to turn off equipment that is not needed again until the turn up for work on Monday. The implication here is that they normally leave everything on. Well done the council for showing how you really view the environment. This no doubt explains why the outside lights at Leach Court in Eastern Road are burning 24 hours a day and have been for months. B&HC have no idea about energy efficiency and the environment.
Interociter
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4:59pm Mon 22 Mar 10
corruptive
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5:05pm Mon 22 Mar 10
BringBackGoodGrammar
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6:22pm Mon 22 Mar 10
corruptive wrote:step AWAY from the absinthe !
I think what is REALLY needed is a cull on people, like they had in that lovely 1970s film "Logan's Run". The council could send emails to people who had to snuff it, and then they could be lynched by mobs on the seafront. It would be good exercise and a boost for "community spirit", but remind us all not to consume too much, or we could be next! Then Jenny Agutta could inexplicably get undressed and ....
The Brighton Bear
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8:09pm Mon 22 Mar 10
platelet
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8:12pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Gaz the great
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8:24pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Old Ladys Gin
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9:45pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Perhaps we will have to, perhaps we won't survive, but if that happens do we really want to go out in a state of misery?
John Steed
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8:34am Tue 23 Mar 10
saving energy is not a 1 hour a year token gesture, its a 24/7 necessity
so excuse me while i get the kitchen appliance to pour me another G and T with a twist,
Spanners
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8:57am Tue 23 Mar 10
Old Dog
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9:53am Tue 23 Mar 10
the taffster
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9:59am Tue 23 Mar 10
Wiggsy
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1:10pm Tue 23 Mar 10
Beethoven wrote:Ummmm, I take it you live on your own, as if not, I pity your partner if you don't have any idea's on what to do in the dark for an hour
O K......So what are you going to do , in the dark, for a whole hour? I take it that other electric alliances will also be turned off?
Wiggsy
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1:12pm Tue 23 Mar 10
lorrie2 wrote:Have a word with them then if you feel that strongly, or report them to the Council.
This wont make any difference whats so ever! Why should I turn all my lights off for an hour, when all the office blocks opposite me at the botton of North rd leave ALL thier lights and computers on all night when theres not even anyone in the building.
Perhaps then a difference long-term can be made by changing people attitudes
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cheezburger says...
1:14pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Incidentally its the World Wide Fund for Nature, not World Wildlife Fund.