Earth Hour

Since it has already gone by I can say that i participated in Earth Hour. At my house was a interesting ordeal. We shut off all our electronics and lights and sat in the dark for the entire hour. It wasn't as bad as i expected seeing as it was an entire hour with my mom, sister, and her friend. When the time came to turn back on the lights we went right back to it and started watching a movie. I think that Earth Hour is a good idea but it lacks a lot of commitment and it doesn't really affect anything during that hour. So people shut off there for one hour... big deal they turn them back on and continue like normal. As for the commitment, it was very poorly done. Ontario had only a 6% power save with Toronto having a 16% power save. That is barely anything considering that we use so much energy everyday all the time. Why not make it Earth Day or Earth Week? Now that would be a challenge that I think most people couldn't do.