Comments on: Earth Hour: can you trust these people in the dark? http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/ now with extra source Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:23:36 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bill http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/#comment-4040 bill Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4040 And at the hour plus 1 minuye? We bung on all the lights again and get back to BAU. Burn it, consume it and bugger the consequences. WE do not need absolution, we need a mind that says - I can actually do better with less money spent on energy. And at the hour plus 1 minuye? We bung on all the lights again and get back to BAU. Burn it, consume it and bugger the consequences.

WE do not need absolution, we need a mind that says - I can actually do better with less money spent on energy.

]]> By: ecology action http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/#comment-4041 ecology action Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4041 Does look like a greenwash at one level, only standard business model is cut costs & cut again, and increase productivity ... so ... the lesson hopefully from Earthhour will be the thought - we have to pay for all wasted energy off the profit. Does look like a greenwash at one level, only standard business model is cut costs & cut again, and increase productivity … so … the lesson hopefully from Earthhour will be the thought - we have to pay for all wasted energy off the profit.

]]> By: Isis http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/#comment-4042 Isis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4042 As mentioned in other forums, none of this means anything, unless people are actually signing up to 'green electricity' i.e. purchasing their power from renewables. And currently, the percentage of Australian homes and companies doing this is minute. As mentioned in other forums, none of this means anything, unless people are actually signing up to ‘green electricity’ i.e. purchasing their power from renewables.
And currently, the percentage of Australian homes and companies doing this is minute.

]]> By: LIBBYX33 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/#comment-4043 LIBBYX33 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4043 I work Security at a major shopping precinct. :Sizzlers turned off their OUTSIDE lighting for 1 hour, after advertising with "Earth Hour" posters everywhere. And for all those people turning off at the mains power, and then on again, Surge protectors????? I work Security at a major shopping precinct. :Sizzlers turned off their OUTSIDE lighting for 1 hour, after advertising with “Earth Hour” posters everywhere. And for all those people turning off at the mains power, and then on again, Surge protectors?????

]]> By: PJ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/28/earth-hour-can-you-trust-these-people-in-the-dark/#comment-4044 PJ Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4044 Jane Fonda? Ye Gods. The tree huggers are getting nasrty. Jane Fonda? Ye Gods. The tree huggers are getting nasrty.

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