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I don’t know about other greenies and conservationists, but the whole concept of Earth Hour this year pissed me off like no other year has. It was everywhere I looked! The hypocrisy of it was nauseating to say the least!

So, now that you have all done your “good deed for the day”, what now? How many of you have actually been influenced to cut down on your energy requirements? Did this sanctimonious hour revolutionize the way you think?

For many it seemed it was a good excuse for a social gathering. How many of you caught a bus or train? How many of you didn’t hold candles? How many of you didn’t litter parks & waterways while you enjoy the splendor of watching landmarks turn of their lights for 1 whole hour?

So lets see what was accomplished by this over commercialized event:

• More trees were used to print stationery promoting it
• More power was used promoting it
• More waste was produced in the promoting of it
• More parks & waterways were littered by the masses that turned up for events. It seems that no one cared too much where they tossed their precious candles.
• More fossil fuel was used by garbage collectors cleaning up after the events.
• More non-renewable energy was used to power everything back up again
• More fossil fuel & carbon emissions dispensed into the atmosphere by all the cars that turned up for events.
• More carbon emissions from millions of people holding candles

and the list goes on & on….

So I now ask the important questions….

• Are you going to turn all your appliances off at the wall?
• Are you going to only buy products that have a good energy rating?
• Are you going to avoid using technology?
• Are you going to restrict any of your social habits that require energy?
• Are you going to switch to using green power which is readily available in most western countries?
• Are you going to look at alternate means of powering equipment?
• Are you going to reduce your need for utilities & services that also use energy? (i.e. phone, gas, cable tv, emergency services, trades & services)

Well are you?

If even a small population of this earths occupants can answer yes to any of the above… then we wouldn’t need Earth Hour would we????

Arguments I hear stating “at least it creates awareness” aggravate me. We’re not stupid people. We know we have a problem. Most may have been slow on the uptake, but I think we are all in pretty much agreeable that there is a global environmental problem concerning our lifestyle habits. Twenty years ago I would have accepted this as a rational for events such as Earth Hour, however after spending so many years pushing this incentive I have come to the realization that it is all lip service. A token event to celebrate what has now become a trend more than a way of life.

Take a moment, look around. Tell me if I am wrong.

I make the effort, I use 100% green power for home & business. I took the effort to shop around for more energy efficient technology. I use that technology to conserve use of transport & reducing emissions & the demand on fossil fuels. I do the 3 R’s.

Do you?

Maybe it’s time for everyone to practice what they preach.

Death to Earth Hour!

Birth to Earth 365 days of the year!