That’s right, it looks like good ol’ Google has turned off its lights to show its support for Earth Hour. What is Earth Hour? Welp, on Saturday, March 29 (today), at 8 P.M. (your local time), everyone is supposed to turn off their lights. More than 100 cities across North America will participate in Earth Hour in an effort to raise awareness of energy conservation.
Will it accomplish anything permanent? Nay. BUT, it should be pretty cool to see tons of cities go dark, plus it will be interesting to see how much electricity just a single hour saves.
Anyhoo, it’s neat to see Google helping out. Bravo, I say, bravo.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:57 am
this is more dumb than dumb and dumber.
“raise” awareness but accomplish absolutely nothing.
as a matter in fact…I shall turn on all the lights that I can legally turn on…during this hour.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Hey, what about your hero Ghandi, who raised awareness by being non-violent and “doing nothing”. Perhaps a black Google will put its stock in the black, and it’ll stop dropping.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
OMFG, I’M NOT VIOLET!!! Ghandi doesnt afraid of anything.
March 30th, 2008 at 12:15 am
To homer simpson,
Seriously? Why do you have to be an ass hole
about it? If you want to be a dick
then do it to someone who actually deserves it.
Because honestly what the fuck has google done
to you? I mean maybe back in the day in
3rd grade google was a bully to you and beat
you up but no, nothing
so shut the fuck up!
March 30th, 2008 at 12:25 am
I was actually roommates with “Homer Simpson”, and Google actually was a bully to him. So I understand his anger, and feel his pain.
March 30th, 2008 at 12:43 am
i feel bad for having my plasma tv on but the UNC game was on…what can I do. Why dont we turn out lights out…when it IS light out?
March 30th, 2008 at 12:50 am
This already exists. Go to BlackGoogle.com. Or Blackle.com. Or black-google.blogspot.com. All of these do this all the time anyway, why are we so impressed when Google does it for an hour?
March 30th, 2008 at 12:56 am
If there’s a measurable decrease in the energy usage anywhere, I’ll eat my hat. This is just theater from Google, one of the biggest energy consumers in the world. I bet Al Gore’s 10,000 square foot energy hog home doesn’t go dark either.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:08 am
There’s nothing wrong with raising awareness for it. I’m a little miffed that I missed it. Howevah, alot has been done to the benefit of the world by raising awareness..Gandhi being the perfect example
March 30th, 2008 at 1:11 am
@Adam: No UNC game is ever worth watching, even if it’s not Earth Hour. That’s what I think, as a bitter NC State fan
@That guy: Yeah, those sites are already doing it full time, but it’s big when Google does it because so many people will see it.
@Matt: True, it is just theater from Google. BUT, if it gets a ton of people’s attention, then ’tis worthy theater.
@wannabedesi: I’m ashamed to admit it, but…….. I missed it too.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:00 am
@Matt:
Eat your fucking hat.
If any of you idiots who say this doesn’t work,
then you obviously didn’t even look at the website.
They’ve saved a SHITLOAD of energy from AUSTRALIA ALONE last year.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Well, I didn’t follow it either… my bad.
I feel better as I switched last year all my lights to fluorescent and my stuff to very efficient appliances.
Yes to this initiative if it can make people aware of the situation at hand… and act accordingly…