Oops, time to bash someone. Well not really, it’s just that it feels good to disagree with some smart-ass who just happens to know everything.
Earth Hour is a mere publicity stunt
I READ with amazement and irony the efforts of WWF Malaysia to latch on to the Earth Hour event and all the celebrities, media and corporations that have come up in support.
It is amazing that people are so easily taken in by a mere publicity stunt that fails at the very essence. Turning off our lights for one hour on one designated day of the year to save our planet surely is a PR event at best.
It shames the thousands of devoted people, government bodies, scientists and environmentalists that have for years been working on finding real solutions to address this global concern. Malaysians should see past this gimmick by international NGOs and start changing their lifestyles. Surely we can be more proactive and not be fed by an agenda of international bodies.
Why don’t we implement power conservation programmes, ride public transport on certain days in a month, car pool, etc?
It is also ironic that the organiser, WWF Malaysia, up until very recently, did not even have a climate change programme to begin with when all others (even local groups and individuals) have been persistent in their pleas for Malaysians to take action.
Remember, our leaders signed the Kyoto Protocol and there has been concerted movement towards reaching solutions. Please let us all be enlightened and move away from celebrations and gimmicks.
MARCUS,
Petaling Jaya.Taken from The Star Online
Um, there’s something really wrong with what this guy just highlighted. Why do away with celebrations and gimmicks when it’s actually raising awareness? Isn’t it better than doing nothing?
Most people won’t even bother about all those power conservation programmes thingy, moreover to implement them. So, probably we should just knock this knowledge into everyone’s head with a big ol’ bat huh?
IMHO switching off lights at the same time is a great idea, just because it’s easy to do, everyone can do it, and the visual impact is so great; I’m sure that sooner or later blockheads like me would start to think of ways to conserve energy other than just switching off the lights once a year just because the media asked me to do it.
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U hit the nail on the head.
The main goal is really not to save energy and reduce global warming in just that one hour. It's about creating awareness. And what's the best way these days to create awareness than to brand it, Earth Hour.
oh yeah, maybe Mr. Marcus is frustrated because he's doing a lot more than switching the lights off at 8.30p.m. and never got any media attention :p
Japan is not participating in this Earth hour thing at all ... guess they couldn't bare the consequences of switching off lights for 1 bloody hour...
Ah ha! Another proof of how non-trivial this gimmick is ;)
I will switch off the light. But I can not shut down my computer, else I will kill myself.
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