[Reader-list] Earth hour: Green stupidity/Romanticist aesthetics

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The green propaganda has been successful. In fact, it has been so
successful, that there is no need for offering facts for getting
certain segment of society to act upon its 'dictate'.

I came to know about Earth hour next day when large black blob on
front-page in a popular news-paper announced that 600 MW electricity
was saved because people switched off their lights and used candles
instead.

While I congratulate all who were part of this experiment for being
sensitive towards 'mother earth'. I must add, it just makes you worst
offenders in robbing its resources by being ludicrously un-informed.

The power that was not consumed, apparently was saved. Important
question is where? Did somebody hire batteries to be charged with the
'saved' power. Because frankly any power which has not being consumed
in a power grid is wasted. Was NTPC or other power companies informed
that you need to produce less power during this time?

On consumption part of the business, using candles is frankly more
polluting than consuming power from grid by order of four times, even
if power is produced using coal. This atleast makes people who
participated in 'Earth hour' worst offenders by not using up
electricity that has already been produced and using candles which
requires transport by trucks, lorries compared to relatively efficient
grids.

Turning off unnecessary switches on day to day is all that is required.


Supreet