Observing during Earth Hour

[timmo567 (Tim)]

Just curious whether people have noticed much of a difference with light pollution in the previous years? I'm thinking about giving it a try this year

[pvelez (Pete)]

In Sydney it will be clouds, clouds, clouds tomorrow night

Pete

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

I dont think there has been an "Earth Hour" in Sydney that has not been accompanied by clouds.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

personally I don't think it makes much of a difference, in my area we have the factories on one side and we have the freeway on the other side. So I have not noticed any difference on observing myself.

[michaellxv (Michael)]

I have not noticed any difference. You might get a few significant public places with the lights turned off, but all the street lights and traffic lights etc are still on.

What do most people do that observe earth hour? They go light a few candles. Here's our effort from a few years ago

They should shutdown the whole electricity grid for the hour. Then we would see a difference

[pgc hunter]

Won't make any difference to sky darkness (or CO2 emmisions) and it'll be full Melbournecast anyway.

[Jen]

Earth hour is too early its still light here

[Jules76 (Julian)]

Originally Posted by michaellxv

I have not noticed any difference. You might get a few significant public places with the lights turned off, but all the street lights and traffic lights etc are still on.

What do most people do that observe earth hour? They go light a few candles. Here's our effort from a few years ago

They should shutdown the whole electricity grid for the hour. Then we would see a difference

I think I lot of people miss the point of Earth Hour. Of course it's not about making a difference at that particular time. It's about creating awareness and making people think about ways they can reduce emissions on a day to day basis. That's where you can make a difference.

But I agree with you, your not going to see any real noticeable difference in light pollution. There's far too many lights in major cities which are left on regardless of these schemes. At the most you'll get people turning lights off in their houses, but I really doubt normal household lights will make a difference when your surrounded by street lights and people who don't care.

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by Jen

Earth hour is too early its still light here

It's at 8.30pm apparently....will be well and truly dark by then. The lightness however will be the effect of all the city lights reflecting off all the drizzle particles and the full Failbourne-cast deck of tripe but a mere 300m above our heads.