Google users in the United States will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don’t do this permanently – it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.
Earth Hour
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement.
Great idea and for a great cause, however, I was disappointed when looking at this further and EarthHourUS.org offered up ideas of things to do while in the dark and it linked to this. Not what I was hoping for, but at least it’s for a good cause.
Cheers!
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Our civilization depends 100% to it´s survival… if we have any problem with oil, or any powerplant of our city… we can go back to years before 19th century…
One good way to save energy, is to buy and use notebooks… they uses less energy, and also are very optimized to save energy.
I remember this happening, and I really enjoyed it.
Another company also started a site called blackle, although I’m not sure if they still exist.