OK, Joliet may have failed to impress but kudos to the rest of the world (especially Homer Glen!) for turning off the lights for Earth Hour 2009.
I'm a big lame-o who gets all teary eyed when there is a worldwide effort for almost anything. The moment of silence the Friday after Sept. 11? I sobbed like a schoolgirl when I saw on the news people all over the world freezing where they were when the clock struck noon. I'm tearing up even now thinking about it.
I had to work during this Earth Hour, but took a quick spin down Jefferson in Joliet to see if anyone took part. Thank you, McDonald's and Starbucks.
Our reporter Tony Graf will be doing a story about events in Homer Glen and Lockport. Homer Glen is a star pupil for Earth Hour.
For those of you who want to see if you tear up like I did, take a look on the Internet at pictures of Piccadilly Circus and Big Ben in London and photos of the Vegas strip and pyramids in Egypt. This isn't a silly, local event. This is worldwide and it matters.
Yeah, I'm tearing up again.
Julie Todd is the night editor at The Herald News in Joliet. She and her
husband are looking to cut the chemicals and get back to basics -- minus the
granola and hemp clothing. They live in a home they bought last year in
Plainfield, where they're making changes to create their own little patch of
utopia.
I suppose it matters if pseudo-science is your god. Don't fool yourself into believing that these corporations did this for any other reason than to keep the global warming automatons as customers.
Intelligent people know better.
Ours tears stream because we realize soooo many people are gullible, blind followers.
So to observe "Earth Hour", you got in your car unneccesarily to burn some fuel to see who complied. Bravo.
Sorry, nothing personal but I like to point out some of the hypocrisy in these things.
When I see people all into "green" yet fight against the cleanest, most efficient energy (nuclear) then I'll never take this stuff seriously.
"When I see people all into "green" yet fight against the cleanest, most efficient energy (nuclear) then I'll never take this stuff seriously."
I think you're mistaken by who you think is and isn't "green" since there are plenty of folks who realize that nuclear is the best option at the moment for getting rid of the "dirtier" energies. However, I would add that they also realize that nuclear power as it is at the moment is still a second best. As it's still an inefficient (as only a fraction of the actual fuel is used before the process corrupts it beyond use) and terribly hazardous way of doing things.
But unlike what you assume these arguments don't just start and stop with all those "green freaks" out there. As it also extends to all those who think that nuclear power is great so long as "it's not in MY backyard". Why? Nobody wants the plant to go all Chernobyl on them when all the "safety" procedures that can fail do.
But I digress.
"So to observe "Earth Hour", you got in your car unneccesarily to burn some fuel to see who complied."
Who knows? Maybe it was her lunch/dinner break? But the following makes for a rather droll story: "Since I timed my dinner break to coincide with Earth Hour I ended up at McDonalds and was impressed with the fact that their lights were turned off and I still managed to get a really delicious McChicken."
Not everyone's a hypocrite just like not everyone is conspiring against you for their own profit. Sometimes people just want to make things better(the odds! I know!).