[cracky]

oops i forgot, sorry earth

[Teaj]

There was a similar thing over here called Blackout Britain on 21st march.

[pirate]

What you meant to do in this electricity free hour? sit down and pray or what?

[Lorrie]

we drank beer by candle light. it was pretty sweet. power consumption in toronto was down over 8%

[deftoned]

It's more an awareness thing than a power saving thing. They talleyed the 'power saved' last year in Sydney and published the results - people are supposed to think "wow, and all I did was turn off acouple of lights!!". It's designed to make people think that all the little things, like turning off unneeded appliances/lights etc make a difference overall.

We did it in Christchurch on Saturday night and power usage was down 12.8% - turned off everything in the house cept for the telly. Wasn't really a big thing for us though, I'm pretty keen to turn off things that aren't needed cos it means we pay less on our powerbill. Most people in our area did it, but I was talking to my olds yesterday and they took the hour to go for a walk and said that pretty much nobody did it round where they live.

[manus]

That sucks, to be honest I didn't realise it was on, but if I did I would have done it.

My house is full of energy saving stuff and most of the electrical stuff has proper on/off switches, so last quarter's leccy bill was £40 quid!

[mr.pure]

Fuck, mine was £192 but then again I don't have gas.

[manus]

My gas bill was £200 - which sucked. Last year we lived in a smaller place with a brand-new boiler and it was £90. Then again, this winter was a lot colder and longer than last year.