60 Minutes in Dark saves lots of Energy
The environmental group WWF has urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power for at least 60 minutes Saturday starting at 8 p.m. wherever they were. Organizers see the event as a way to encourage the world to conserve energy. Cities go dark to mark Earth Hour http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD /asiapcf/03/29/lights.out.ap /index.html? The campaign began last year in Australia and traveled this year from the South Pacific to Europe in cadence with the setting of the sun. "What's amazing is that it's transcending political boundaries and happening in places like China, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea," said Andy Ridley, executive director of Earth Hour. "It really seems to have resonated with anybody and everybody." Earth Hour officials hoped 100 million people would turn off their nonessential lights and electronic goods for the hour. Electricity plants produce greenhouse gases that fuel climate change. Lights also went out at the famed Wat ...
