If you’re reading this Saturday night, you’re probably not taking part in Earth Hour. The worldwide, hour-long lights-out is intended to symbolize commitment to the planet. Famous landmarks as well as private homes go dark from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local time. After that? Business as usual.
We'll be live tweeting during #EarthHour tonight. Stay tuned for updates on the electricity load drop! #momentofdarkness
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) March 29, 2014
.@TorontoHydro I can hardly contain my excitement.
— Fern Hill (@fernhilldammit) March 29, 2014
@TorontoHydro Tweeting. During #EarthHour. I’ll let you think on that one.
— Johnny B (@justbejohnny) March 29, 2014
@TorontoHydro maybe tweet after earth hour is over?
— Home (@oldjetsam) March 29, 2014
— ATP22 (@ATP22) March 29, 2014
@fernhilldammit so they're gonna use electricity to tell everyone how much lower electricity usage is than usual.
ok.
— mark (@auditorydamage) March 29, 2014
Well, as long as they’re live-tweeting, let’s see the stats.
Making progress – keep it up! As of 8:30 we have dropped 2% or 66MW. #momentofdarkness
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) March 30, 2014
@TorontoHydro A whole 2% savings. Wow. Earth Hour is a sham. It failed to create any action on environmental issues. #Earth Hour #fail
— Paul Beliavsky (@pbeliavsky) March 30, 2014
@TorontoHydro #momentofdarkness Hey: nothing on North Korea–down 98% 24/7, and 365 days a year-complain & you go to a camp to eat grass/die
— Be Gibson (@wgibson58) March 30, 2014
Earth Hour isn’t a complete waste of effort, is it? Is it?
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/450067809402228736
If libs were really dedicated to #EarthHour they’d turn their heat and air off.
— Breeanne Walters (@breeannewalters) March 30, 2014
@breeannehowe and pull over at the side of the road and shut their cars off
— ⚡️Erick Brockway⚡️ (@erickbrockway) March 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/450067584273350656
Even Earth Hour itself is cheating.
Music has always been a big part of Earth Hour! RT @jamaicansmusic Acoustic Concert is off to an awesome start! pic.twitter.com/Lgi2xIgW0I
— Earth Hour Official (@earthhour) March 30, 2014
@earthhour @jamaicansmusic why are the lights on?
— Christopher Nelson (@Federalist) March 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/Big_Wilkie/status/450067700287406080
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