Refugee 7 Report post Posted March 29, 2008 Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation. Given our company's commitment to environmental awareness and energy efficiency, we strongly support the Earth Hour campaign, and have darkened our homepage today to help spread awareness of what we hope will be a highly successful global event. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angelic_22 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2008 Hmmm, What to do for an hour in the dark from 8 to 9 PM? "Make love, not CO2" ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmie 2 Report post Posted March 29, 2008 We'll be turning our lights off here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doxiejoe 1 Report post Posted March 29, 2008 I noticed this when I went to google this morning. Great idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echosoftom 3 Report post Posted March 30, 2008 ^ Me too Linda. I wondered what was going on. Now I know. It is a cool idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pettyjunkie 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2008 I love darkness time. Very cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agirl 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2008 It was a great idea. Does it count that we weren't home, so the lights were off? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildflowerNJ 136 Report post Posted March 30, 2008 That was a great idea...thanks for posting that, Linda....lights were out here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmie 2 Report post Posted March 30, 2008 We turned our lights off, I like candles anyway, no hardship for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athena 7 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 It was a great idea. Does it count that we weren't home, so the lights were off? I was going to ask the same thing. We left the house precisely at 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
