Millions of people,today will switch off their home or office lights for an hour-March 28-at 8:30 pm,"sending a global message to fight off the adverse clmatic conditions.
The campaign is in its third year and claiming phenominal growth in partcipation from 2.2million in 2007 to 50 million last year and more than a billion this weak.But where is the proof of any tagible change in the consumer mindset???????????
The annual increase in the temperature and power consumption seems touching the sky.I,Sydney ,where the movement firstly kicked off in 2007,recorded as 16.56% power consumption growth between 2006 and 2007.
In comparison,Our sweet developing city,where population is high,where Earth Hour is unknown to have existed recorded much less annual growth.
Thus it will be very interesting to know whether today's Earth Hour Campaign may bring some "change" in power consumption,but the the word "change"'s meaning may be,sometimes,rising up.............
2 comments:
Earth hour makes people aware of the things that are needed to be done to reduce energy usage
http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/2009/
The 16.56 % may have been 20+ %. Earth hour kept it down.
Though everyone is not going to change, at least a 10000 will start switching off light when not in use.
Then how does it become an hour of darkness? It IS an hour of enlightment
Hopefully a lot will change for the better with the coming times.......it better change else we are in big trouble!
btw....good to see someone from Mattanur.....am myself from Kannur
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