2010 Earth Hour
Okay, so I’ve been putting off blogging about this year’s Earth hour, and I ended up stuck at home with Lex. I was hoping we could join an event in the city. But anyway, regardless, we still turned off the lights, the TV and the fridge. I was planning to switch off the main breaker, but I can’t bear the heat and the mosquitoes, so Lex and I are in front of my netbook and an electric fan, watching video clips. I’ve explained to Lex why we’re turning off the lights and he seems to understand that we have to switch off the lights.
Last year, the Philippines topped the number of towns and cities that participated in the event, and the country actually saved 611 megawatt-hours of energy (and since it lasted only 1 hour, so it’s 611 MW capacity), which is equivalent to the largest coal fired power plant in the country. Imagine, it’s like shutting down one coal fired power plant!
I wonder how much we will be saving this year? (tho in the Philippines, some areas have forced outages anyway because of power shortage due to the dry season). Aanyway. I can’t believe it’s almost 9:30 pm.
Earth hour 2010 with Lex