drunkenfool
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Lights out everyone 1st of feb
On the 1st February, 2007 throughout the world:
The "Alliance pour la Plančte" (a national grouping of environmental
associations) appeals to all citizens to give the planet 5 minutes
respite :
Everybody to extinguish all their lights and illuminations and turn
off equipment on stand-by on the 1st February 2007 from 18h55 until 19h00. (GMT)
The purpose is not just to save electricity for 5 minutes that day, but to
draw the attention of citizens, the media and the authorities to the waste
of energy and the need to initiate action! 5 minutes respite for the planet:
that's not long, it costs nothing and will show our politicians that climate
change is something which should figure prominently in political debates.
Why the 1st February? Because that is the day on which the latest
report of the United Nations Panel of Experts is to be released in Paris.
Although this event is scheduled to take place in France, we should not miss
this opportunity of drawing attention to the global climatic situation.
If we all participate our actions will have great public and political
resonance, at an important moment in our political life.!
Please make this appeal as widely known as possible in your own circles and
networks ! please also publish it on your websites and in your newsletters.
DIFFERENT TIMEZONES..
hey guys. due to popular demand.. here are a run down of the start times for the different timezones that we're all in. It would be nice to be all in sync! 
GMT (+1) - i.e. France and central europe - 7.55pm
GMT - UK - 6.55pm
GMT (-5) - Eastern USA - 1.55pm
GMT (-8) - Western USA - 10.55am
i think some people need to lighten up here (excuse the pun!).. if you have noticed the time is only 5 mins and only bout 4000 people are gonna do it.. power surges, whilst true, aren't going to cause a problem cos only a small percentage of the population will be taking part. businesses and other homes will be using way to much electricity for our little demonstration to notice.
secondly, of course this event wont change the world's climate overnight but what it will do is show people that we do care about climate change and something much bigger than our little 'lights out' event needs to be done!
so if all you can be bothered to do is sit, complain and do sod all and hope that somehow the world will miraculary sort itself out then it is you who are infact dreaming.
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Cosmo
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I pay for it, I'll leave it on if I wish 
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
I pay for it, I'll leave it on if I wish
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
I pay for it, I'll leave it on if I wish
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
it costs nothing
5 minutes without power would probably cost the company i work for a good few grand.
fuck that
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by drunkenfool
it costs nothing
people of life support would argue that (if they could!)
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smack
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hollyoaks is on at that time
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Cosmo
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As Clarkson said in his column in the Sun....
Most of the life on this planet was wiped out years ago by climate change, its a naturally occuring feature of this planet...it wasnt down to dinosaurs driving about in Ranger Rovers and Hummers, whilst their kids were at home using as much electricity as they could.
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Eck
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Long live JC.
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
As Clarkson said in his column in the Sun....
Most of the life on this planet was wiped out years ago by climate change, its a naturally occuring feature of this planet...it wasnt down to dinosaurs driving about in Ranger Rovers and Hummers, whilst their kids were at home using as much electricity as they could.
You should watch "An inconvenient truth" 
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Cosmo
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that would inconvenience me too much 
any good? Another biased view on global warming/the end of the world?
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
it costs nothing
5 minutes without power would probably cost the company i work for a good few grand.
fuck that
pmsl can you imagine how this would go down at work dude 
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
My parents pay for it, I'll leave it on if I wish
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
As Clarkson said in his column in the Sun....
Most of the life on this planet was wiped out years ago by climate change, its a naturally occuring feature of this planet...it wasnt down to dinosaurs driving about in Ranger Rovers and Hummers, whilst their kids were at home using as much electricity as they could.
Exactly, my old Chem teacher said the same thing...
People don't go complaining about volcanoes dumping CO2 into the air do they? The atmosphere will always balance itself out, the difference this time around is that humans are around to worry about if they'll survive it or not.
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
that would inconvenience me too much
any good? Another biased view on global warming/the end of the world?
Why are you so unwilling to accept the possibility that we might be fucking up the planet? It's an interesting documentary, and yes of course it will be slightly biased cos its trying to get the point across that we need to do something about it, but you cant argue with the hard facts that it gives.
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Cosmo
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cows give off more CO2 than all humans combined.
even though all these trees are bring cut down, they only account for a very small proportion of the CO2 being taken in and oxygen being given out...small particles in the sea do the vast majority of it.
Just a few interesting facts!
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Liam
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Originally posted by Cosmo
My parents pay for it, I'll leave it on if I wish
I wish they did pay for my bills but I live on my own and have to pay for them myself 
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Robin
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I'm not fucking up the planet as much as my grandparents did with their coal fires and leaded petrol 
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CorsAsh
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Not to mention all the nuclear bombs and wars they had going...
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