"For one hour Saturday, turn out the lights"

Another dumb-ass stunt that's supposed to save the planet.

As part of Earth Hour 2008, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is asking Floridians to turn off their lights from 8-9 p.m. on Saturday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Earth Hour is an initiative to increase awareness about each person's impact on the environment and to demonstrate the collective impact people can have in conserving energy and saving money.


Oh, and check out this next paragraph.

Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia, where more than two million people turned off their lights for an hour. Last year, the energy saved in Sydney during Earth Hour resulted in about a 10 percent reduction in emission for that city.

Let's see: 24 hours in a day. Therefore, one EVENING hour equals 10%. Interesting math...I'd like them to submit their work for review.

Let's guess...they and we will be sitting in the dark for the entire 60 minutes. No batteries, no candles, not fireplaces because they cause environmental problems also. Yep...just hanging with the homies in the dark.

Not likely.

It's amazing the type of bullshit people will believe in.