Marveling at the availability of reliable power Thanks to Anthony Watts at Watts Up With That for the reminder that the environmental wackos have arranged “Earth Hour” this evening “to raise awareness for the planet.” For whatever reason, they seem to think that turning off the lights for an hour is going to do…something. Mr. Watts links to a column by Bjørn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It, is president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center who has this to say about the effectiveness of “Earth Hour”: Unfortunately, this Earth Hour event is nothing but an ineffective feel-good event. It does little for the climate in terms of reducing CO2 emissions and distracts us from the real problems and solutions — especially giving light to those in the darkness. While more than a billion people participate by shutting off their lights for an hour — and saving at most the equivalent of China halting its CO2 emissions for fewer than four minutes — 1.3 billion people across the developing world will continue to live without electricity as they do every other night of the year. Almost 3 billion people still burn dung, twigs and other traditional fuels indoors to cook and keep warm. These fuels give off noxious fumes that are linked to 4.3 million deaths each year, mostly women and children. And this guy isn’t exactly a right-wing energy hound. As there is nothing but the feel good factor in tonight’s voluntary blackout, I will not be participating. In fact, given the sheer number of televised sports happening this evening, it’s a good bet that the house will be lit up like a Christmas tree as they are watched, thus joining Mr. Watts in his quest to not let the USA resemble North Korea.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:51:58 +0000
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