Earth Hour

**BohsPartisan** · 31/03/2008, 9:37 PM

I have an earth seven hours or so every night.

**Thunderblaster** · 31/03/2008, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

I feel very calm now, the soak in the bath with the candles was very soothing!

And I find that sexually arousing!!

**pete** · 31/03/2008, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by anto1208

Thats right it works out better to knock them off there was a idea going around that its the turning on that uses more power.

I suppose there is a cut off time when it makes sense. For exaggeration sake would seem not to make sense if in & out of room every 5 minutes?

I live in apartment so excluding the bathrooms (lights only on when someone in them) only 4 other rooms.

I heard today that lights give off some sort of pollution or something? Any one heard this?

**strangeirish** · 31/03/2008, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I heard today that lights give off some sort of pollution or something? Any one heard this?

Only when the light reflects off your face pete....

**Magicme** · 01/04/2008, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderblaster

And I find that sexually arousing!!

Typical male!

**passinginterest** · 01/04/2008, 9:56 AM

Originally Posted by pete

I suppose there is a cut off time when it makes sense. For exaggeration sake would seem not to make sense if in & out of room every 5 minutes?

Found the details:

Through numerous tests, the MythBusters calculated that the power surge from turning on a light would only consume as much power as leaving it on for a fraction of a second (except for fluorescent tube lights; the startup consumed about 23 seconds worth of power). Furthermore, the wear and tear of turning the light on and off repeatedly did not reduce the bulb's total life expectancy enough to offset the increased electricity usage. Therefore, it is far more economical to turn a light off rather than leaving it on.

From the Wikipedia page and can be found elsewhere.

Moral of the story is turn your lights off. I could do with following it myself, I'm terrible for leaving lights on.

**Bluebeard** · 01/04/2008, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Found the details:

From the Wikipedia page and can be found elsewhere.

Moral of the story is turn your lights off. I could do with following it myself, I'm terrible for leaving lights on.

And better still, not turn them on, unless necessary.

Thanks for the data passinginterest, 'twill be put into action forthwith.