{"id":646,"date":"2009-03-29T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T19:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/?p=646"},"modified":"2009-05-14T00:38:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T05:38:34","slug":"celebrating-earth-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/celebrating-earth-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Earth Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turning off the lights and burning candles instead might feel good, but it occurred to me it probably puts more CO2 in the air than just leaving the lights on.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn’t sure how to calculate the numbers, so Googled the information, and found someone else<\/a> had already done the math.<\/p>\n

Still, I enjoy meaningless symbolism, and wanted to participate in a way that really would help the environment.\u00c2\u00a0 I visited a protest rally where “environmentalists” were opposing solar and wind power in the Mohave Desert.\u00c2\u00a0 I had been at such rallies before, where I bitch slapped a few people while screaming, “It’s the fucking desert<\/em>, you morons!”\u00c2\u00a0 Surprisingly, that was ineffective, but this time I had something different in mind.<\/p>\n

I introduced myself to the greasiest hippie I could find and invited him to celebrate Earth Hour at my home.\u00c2\u00a0 When the appointed hour arrived I shut off all my lights and invited him to join me and my neighbors in the back yard.<\/p>\n

We told him he was the guest of honor, and formed a circle around him.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I set him on fire, and we all laughed and laughed in the bright light of Hippie Fire.\u00c2\u00a0 (That’s why I picked a greasy one.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re easier to light and burn longer and brighter.)<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not a cruel <\/em>man.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t want to cause him any unnecessary pain, so before immolating him, I knocked him unconsciousness with the club I use to hunt baby seals.<\/p>\n

We all had a grand time, although a few of the neighbors on the downwind side of the circle said the smoke made them light headed, for some reason.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only did we have a nice bright light to help celebrate our environmental awareness, we felt good knowing we had helped the planet -\u00c2\u00a0 there is now one less protester against renewable energy.<\/p>\n

– – –<\/p>\n

Edited to Add:\u00c2\u00a0 This Video<\/a>, from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, sums up my feelings about Earth Hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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