So it's the 5th annual Earth Day tonight at 6:00pm for one hour. This was created by an Austiallian group and has become a globally adopted as a feel good / awareness thing to do.
DID YOU KNOW: Turning off the lights technically doesn't achieve anything and infact if everyone did actually turn off there power for a hour would burn out all the powerplants and cause nothing but chaos.
So this is a green movement that is a feel good about your self event. It's to promote awareness is all I hear, but never has said what I am to be aware of exactly. Turning off my lights is to make me understand that the powerplants are still running at the same level as before? I am to be aware of what it's like to have no tv, radio, working lights or a microwave?
DID YOU KNOW: That any electricity that is generated has to be used with in minutes of it being generated or it will just fade away? The power plants are not design to work or generate different levels based on demand but rather work hard at guessing(using statistics) at what is needed. Summer months they try to generate more for everyone due to ac units and in the winter generate less.
Will I participate? Maybe... That is if my kids mention it. If they do, I will. Just for the guilt that has been pushed onto them from the green movement and not because it will make a difference. But I will explain to them that it is futile and it's just a symbol. If people want to make a difference then make a real difference and not this.
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