Sunday, March 30, 2008
Globe warms up to light-free Earth Hour - BostonHerald.com
Globe warms up to light-free Earth Hour - BostonHerald.com
The environmental group WWF urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power for at least 60 minutes starting at 8 p.m. wherever they were. ... Earth Hour officials hoped 100 million people would turn off their nonessential lights and electronic goods for the hour. Electricity plants produce greenhouse gases that fuel climate change. ... Darkened restaurants glowed with candlelight in San Francisco while the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and other landmarks extinguished lights for an hour.Assuming for the sake of argument that climate change is a bad thing and that human-based activities are a significant factor, what's the "carbon footprint" of candlelight compared to efficient electric lights?
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