i might be wrong

I can’t remember what I was up to during Earth Hour last year, but this year I made sure to participate. At first, I was worried about the timing since we were having a little get-together, but we ended up playing Cranium by candlelight and it was really fun.

Now, I know that Earth Hour really doesn’t have an impact on energy savings and such, but that’s not the point… it’s an awareness thing.

And I’d like to think that a good percentage of the people who really took part in Earth Hour are also people who commit to doing other things with more lasting effects. Like carpooling, keeping your tires inflated and driving eco-friendly, using public transit, turning off lights when not in use, lowering thermostats, using CFL bulbs, and on and on.

But I really didn’t know there would be people who vehemently oppose Earth Hours and the surrounding ideals.

I was shocked a few weeks ago when I started reading posts and comments around the web from people who are 100% convinced that Climate Change is a myth. Recent posts and comments… It’s like “An Inconvenient Truth” never happened. It’s like the right-wing media has brain-washed a good portion of the American public. And it’s spreading into Canada.

Then I read the comments on the Chronicle Herald Earth Hour article. And I sighed once again…

“Anyone who still belives in climate change after all the documents wre faked is either deluding himself or simply stands to profit from the paranoia.”

“Another worthless left-wing enviro-loonie move hyped endlessly by the media. People are such sheep. I can guarantee you that the power was provided by good old NSPC, not Bullfrog Power — just another example of the misinformation the enviro movement loves to toss around.”

“We objected to the fraud perpetrated on the world by the like of the WWF exposed in the email scandal called Climategate. Looks like lights on to me in the picture. North Korea was completely in the dark….but that is the way it is in totalitarian states.”

“Well, we had some friends over and turned on every light in the house, turned up the heat, and started cooking. Hey there is enough resource for me, my kids, ad my grandkids, beyond that the next generations are strangers and my personal comfort comes first!”

“a Non-event about a non-issue.”

I feel like I could write a lengthy diatribe on this, but I just don’t have the energy. The research is out there. There were a few bum reports brought to the forefront by the right-wing media, and those seem to have had a lasting effect on the opinions of people who were looking for a loophole and a reason to ignore the warnings and continue their lives as over-consumers.