tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post4601614339231202620..comments2008-03-30T13:30:11.183+11:00Comments on Enough Wealth: Earth Hour is pathetic tokenismenoughwealth@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371028394685288035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post-17366566317159230042008-03-30T13:30:00.000+11:002008-03-30T13:30:00.000+11:00The worst thing about Earth Hour is that it is cou...The worst thing about Earth Hour is that it is counterproductive. There are people who think that by turning off their power for an hour once a year Global Warming will be avoided, Peak Oil will be postponed indefinitely, and fluffy pink bunnies will sing the Smurf song to rock their children to sleep. So they duly avoid watching telly for an hour once a year and then get up to drive their SUV toGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15873358868025209180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post-73209619266984517912008-03-30T10:29:00.000+11:002008-03-30T10:29:00.000+11:00Typo fixed. Thanks.Typo fixed. Thanks.enoughwealth@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371028394685288035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post-54374013022236706412008-03-30T07:05:00.000+11:002008-03-30T07:05:00.000+11:00Fix the subtitle to your website. How can you exp...Fix the subtitle to your website. How can you expect people to take you seriously when you have a typo on every single page you write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post-5760919189116083142008-03-29T23:14:00.000+11:002008-03-29T23:14:00.000+11:00With this kind of thinking, no-one would do any us...With this kind of thinking, no-one would do any useless, token actions. Perhaps they could do effective, meaningful changes instead ;)I studied global warming and the greenhouse effect back in the early 80's when it was just a bit of interesting theory in the environmental chemistry course. It was around that time that I quit my WWF membership because they morphed from being an NGO that was enoughwealth@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371028394685288035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31350666.post-7656717620539385052008-03-29T19:59:00.000+11:002008-03-29T19:59:00.000+11:00With this kind of thinking, nobody would do anythi...With this kind of thinking, nobody would do anything and we would all end up going over the proverbial cliff. I think it is a worthwhile effort, even if it won't change the course of history without dramatic changes in individual behaviour and public policy.Achieving a 90 percent reduction is not going to be achieved during Earth Hour, but it will get a lot of people, including my young kids Colin Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.com