Ignorance Hour - Reporting Live from Boleh Land

It came and went, just like every other friggin hour of the day. What significance it made is purely psychological and strongly suggests the placebo effect coming into play.

For those that honestly thought that they were contributing towards something, I would have to honestly say that you're honestly wrong. Maybe you haven't read my previous post.

For those that had the I-had-more-lights-off-I'm-better-than-you mentality, I'm speechless to even begin with.

For those that completely forsook Earth Hour,

YEAH MAN WE RAWK!
But hopefully for the right reason and not ignorance .__.

Those who have read my previous post will know that I am totally against this frivolous activity that is the Earth Hour. So during this 'sacred' hour, I decided to be the pembangkang. Reporting Live from Boleh Land, with pictures to boot.

While most of the houses ignorantly obeyed WWF and switched off their lights

I was quite the anarchist

Moving inside..

Lights...check
TV...check
Fan...check

Say, what's that bright thing there?

Yep, down to every last detail. Even the torch wasn't turned off.



Moving further inside...more precisely my room

Air-conditioner....check

Air-conditioner...WITH fan....check

Desktop running music and video at full volume....check

(click on the pic to enlarge)

This is LXn reporting from Boleh Land.

Hypocrite Hour

You know what I find most amusing? Hypocrites. No, not any other hypocrites, but The Hypocrites that are all hyped up about this Earth Hour crap.

Not that I don't support WWF's effort in combating global warming, I don't support how these hypocrites(not WWF) talk about "Saving the Earth" or "Remember EARTH HOUR! TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS".

The simple reason? THEY ARE HYPOCRITES.

They talk about 'Saving the Earth' when they are running a massive, power consuming overclocked computer with 4 graphic cards and 5 monitors, liquid cooled and lined up with more lights than LAX.

They talk about 'Helping the Planet' when they can't even be bothered about turning the lousy lights off after using the toilet, even when there's a SIGN telling them to do so.

They talk about 'Vote Against Global Warming' when they drive big, obscenely expensive cars that require more fuel to get from KL to Penang than what I'll ever need for the whole month.

They talk about 'Doing our Part to Help' when they don't drive big, obscenely expensive cars that require more fuel to get from KL to Penang than what I'll ever need for the whole month, but have 4 cars sitting in their garage while being single.

These people simply don't DESERVE the right to say such things.

Enough of the third party reference. Now I'm talking to YOU. Yes, there's no one behind you that I'm referring to.

If you really want to 'Help the Earth', DO IT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. Why wait for some massively multiplayer international event organized by some Wildlife organisation to 'Help the Earth', then totally forget about it until the next year?

Turning the switches off for one lousy hour a year isn't going to do shit if one

• Is going to turn the toilet lights back on and leave it on for the rest of the year till the next Earth Hour.
  
• Is going to drive around the country announcing that they've 'Helped the Cause against Global Warming' in their big, obscenely expensive cars.
  
• Is going to buy another car as a reward of 'Doing my part for the Planet'.
  

You get what I mean. The whole point of this was to make it a continuous habit for the whole fucking duration of our short lives. There's no point if one's going to make it a once-off affair.

Instead of Earth Hour, if one were to save just ONE(1) lousy minute of electricity every day, it would tally up to 6.08 hours of electricity saved.

1 e.m(electricity minute) x 365 = 365 e.m
365 e.m / 60 = 6.08 e.h(electricity hour)

That's like having 6 Earth Hours in a year.

So forget Earth Hour, with good habits one can save the Planet 6 times before Earth Hour can. So during Earth Hour, go on with your regular activities, just remember to TURN THE TOILET LIGHTS OFF AFTER USING IT.

P.S: WWF will come up with a 'An Earth Minute A Day' campaign if they ever see my post.