Y2Kyoto: “Global warming is one of those holy causes in which journalists may freely lie”

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1. Here’s an interesting (and scary) comment on that Australian piece:
   Last night whilst I was dining with my wife at home there was a knock on the door. I went to the door and opened it to see a young girl of around 15-16 and a younger girl of approximately 10-12.
   After saying hello, I was confronted with words similar to this from the two girls :
   “its Earth-Hour you are supposed to have all your lights off”
   I simply replied: “I do not believe in earth-hour” – after which they quickly departed into a semi-darkened street.
   Whilst these kids are not (yet) as brainwashed as some islamic children, it is still very disturbing that they feel the need to become “vigilantes” for a “warming” that does not exist.
   By the way I had all lights on at my house, as did many people in our street.
   My lawn sprinklers happened to be on at the same time the “vigilantes” arrived – undoubtedly infuriating them even more, as I doubt they were locals. Locals would of course know that water is not restricted in any way – we have plenty.
   Dave Wane of Darwin
   Sun 29 Mar 09 (08:49pm)

2. Public school teachers indoctrinate students and it sounds like they’re asking the students to “report” back on whether the parents obeyed. Very similar to what the National Socialist German Workers Party did.
   Also, just like a religious cult, the idiots follow. The world whack-job fund is just having dry runs to see how many will practise this idiocy because (as the Calgary Sun asked a letter writer) what could it hurt? Really, what could it hurt when members of the Peoples’ Temple drank Jim Jones blue kool aid over and over? Except one day, the members drank it willingly just to find out that it was laced with cyanide.
   This year’s exercise was set in advance of the United Nations conference in order for the eco-nazis to pretend there was support for the UN’s new wealth transferring plan disguised as a “planet saving measure”. Unfortunately it will be too late when these morons wake up and realise the kool aid is full of cyanide.

3. How much fuel did these dupes burn up to get their candle to their Earth Hour vigils?
   I know, I know, it’s asking too much of these folks and the journo dimwits that cover them to do that math.
   What’s it matter anyways, they now feel whole again.

4. From Wpg Free Press: Earth Hour a downer as city power use rises! Way to go Wpg!

5. and here we have it in a single statement
   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510937,00.html

6. This is old now but I just came across this article about Earth Hour vigilantism.
   http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/03/30/35495_local-news.html

7. D’oh!
   Sign of the apocalypse
   Global BC (aka BCTV) reports ‘Earth Hour BUST’
   MSM being negative to the eco-freaks?…….

8. Was that Gore’s house?

9. FWIW: Calgary’s consumption dropped 1% this year:
   http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Calgary+takes+different+tack+Earth+Hour+energy/1442218/story.html

10. hahahaha – thanks Kate! It was business as usual here in the East as well – nobody even knew Earth Hour was underway! hahaha

11. I am pleased to report that, while our oven does not self-clean, I did run the clothes dryer during earth hour.

12. I salute everyone who aggressively bucked the trend, for my part, I simply forgot about it entirely. I forgot even to look out the window and check out who in my block I should not get into political discussions with at the next BBQ.
    Related, a point kind of noted throughout the comments above is it’s hard to say on a Saturday night which homes were drinking the kool-aid or not, since they may be like me and just went and did what they were going to do anyhow, and as a matter of appropriate prudence, shut off their lights when they left. Conservatives practice conservation all the time (I know, it’s crazy, the words even SOUND similar). We don’t need a doom-mongering mandated feel-good eco-guilt hypocrisy party to remind us to protect our wallets. As a result we also don’t require absolution for our capitalist-loving waste-encouraging ways, because we don’t waste. We use wisely. Except when events like this come along that make us want to throw it in your face. Petty, sure, but a helluva lot of fun.