So my wife found this Earth Hour thing where tonight at 8:30pm (your local time zone) you turn off as many lights as you can, presumably as an exercize in doing without so we can hopefully learn to be a less wasteful society.
I admit it, I don’t do everything I can, despite the fact I’m a bit of an environmentalist at heart. I like the ideas of things like sustainable hunting, sustainable farming, I love animals (to just short of the point of not eating them) and when I remember to I turn off lights that aren’t necessary.
However I also drive a tank of a vehicle (though admittedly we don’t drive it that much), and I frequently leave lights on that should be off just because I don’t think. For convenience’s sake, I don’t use many power-saving features on my computer – I turn my monitor off when I leave my desk purely for the reason that the lamps inside an LCD have a finite lifespan, of which my LCD has exceeded by double.
So this earth hour I think I’m going to take a more proactive approach – I can help save the environment and practice my target shooting with my BB pistol.
Just kidding. I’ll probably turn out some lights though. 