The Bangkok governor has urged the Thai public to join the “Earth Hour” campaign by switching off lights for one hour tomorrow.

 

Chadchart Sittipunt said the World Wide Fund for Nature campaign has set March 23 as the day people worldwide turn off their lights to help reduce the impacts of climate change.

 

People in 7,000 cities in 190 countries are expected to take part. In Thailand, the hour starts at 8:30pm.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-22

 

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What about the actual air pollution?

There are millions of lights on every night in Thailand. Bit of a competition between provinces as to who can use the most lights to look the most beautiful.

What's new about an hour of darkness.

 

There are power outages enough, already, here, one might opine.

 

 

shove it am turning all mine  on, load of  crap

Do you think it will apply to Las Vegas ?

6 minutes ago, NE1 said:

Do you think it will apply to Las Vegas ?

Will my local  massage joint use candles then?

Romantic indeed 🇹🇭🥂

8 hours ago, george said:

Will my local  massage joint use candles then?

Romantic indeed 🇹🇭🥂

u  better  have the  firbrigade on standby or drink as much as you  can befor  going and  hope  it  aint windy

It’s a nice thought but they should focus on getting people to turn up their air con a bit. Some go ott and run it flat out. Domestically, lights, esp nowadays, don’t use much juice; it is mostly aircon, hot water showers and ovens etc. The rich in massive houses and big industry with innumerable fluorescents are main culprits of electricity usage. But hey let’s go after the little people as usual. 🙂

Stupid is as stupid does

So the A/C is ok? 

10 hours ago, NE1 said:

Do you think it will apply to Las Vegas ?

Or Walking Street or Soi Cowboy?

Keep the Sheeple occupied with silliness 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chadchart Sittipunt said the World Wide Fund for Nature campaign has set March 23 as the day people worldwide turn off their lights to help reduce the impacts of climate change.

That's rich coming from the Governor of smog city

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Bangkok governor has urged the Thai public to join the “Earth Hour” campaign by switching off lights for one hour tomorrow.

And instead lighting a bonfire by which to see.

i will update my facebook page with the latest cause. 

If the wind blows and it rains a bit ,in my area it will happen automatically .....🙄

 

regards orgeordi

At 8.30PM our lights, A/C, TV etc. will be running on stored solar energy.

 

It's actually a pain to turn the lights off, each has a separate remote control and none of the remotes have batteries. I think they'll stay on

yeah........nah.

14 minutes ago, Crossy said:

At 8.30PM our lights, A/C, TV etc. will be running on stored solar energy.

Same here....big thumbs up for my solar system

I know that someone will turn off the car lights... Believe me, someone will do it.. 🤔

Night light in kitchen will be on, along with 65" TV, laptops, AC, air purifier, frigs, outdoor lights (independent solar).  Off grid of course, and why would I do anything different, because people who can't run the country, planet efficiently suggest otherwise.

 

If they weren't such idiots to begin with, there wouldn't be an imaginary energy, ecological problem.  Just another reason for another carbon tax:

 

Ask a greenie what a Milankovitch cycle is and be greeted with a blank stare. (un) Useful idiots.

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

What's new about an hour of darkness.

 

There are power outages enough, already, here, one might opine.

 

 

At which times most people light candles , which is what most people would do if they turn their lights off.

Candles produce 10x the pollution a lightbulb produces.  

But the optics of turning of the lights would be good (Pun intended)

It is a symbolic act that  at least raises awareness, 

Thai motorbikes practice  this every night.....and  seem to be increasing

Haha, like this is going to make any difference. Probably after the lights come back on there is a surge of electric demand to make up for the hours it was switched off.

 

The only thing that improves earth is less human births to consume and pollute.

I'll be doing it.  

I like sitting in the dark.  🌃

I guess it is at 20.30 LOCAL time, so will Wembley Stadium turn the floodlights off........in the middle of England v Brazil?

My inside house lights have been off since 7am this morning. No ac but a floor fan running.

20 hours ago, freeworld said:

Haha, like this is going to make any difference. Probably after the lights come back on there is a surge of electric demand to make up for the hours it was switched off.

 

The only thing that improves earth is less human births to consume and pollute.

They either have to have spinning reserve or fire up some more generation quickly.......not much stored energy in the network I expect.