Journal pudge's Journal: "Earth Hour" Reminder for Puget Sound 10
Very little of our electricity comes from fossil fuels here in Puget Sound. My provider is about 82 percent hydro, and about six percent coal. Earth Hour is significantly less meaningful here than in most places
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
Significantly? (Score:2)
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It's not about rates, it's about carbon footprint.
That being said, I celebrated earth hour by turning on all my lights, all my computers, ran the dryer, the washing machine, turned the heat up an extra degree, and took an extra-long hot shower.
I have no idea how many salmon were killed on the way through the turbines on the Columbia River, but I am pretty sure my carbon footprint didn't change.
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Ah, Earth Hour (Score:1)
I've been cutting back my electricity use as much as possible for a while now anyway, but living in central PA I have a disproportionately high carbon/pollutant footprint (stupid coal power) per kilowatt.
Having lived in a former coal strip-mining town that is obviously a former coal strip-mining town I tend to be a bit sensitive about that particular environmental issue.
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I am all for reducing our use of coal. However, I am against many of the means and rhetoric used by those on the far left, to wit: "if you don't turn off your lights for this hour, you are voting against the Earth itself." The organizers actually said this (paraphrased).
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Yeah, I pretty much want to kick every anti-nuclear protester in the head. I mean, seriously, do they really think about it?
My favorite statistic on "green power" came from my father-in-law (a full professor of agricultural engineering) who pointed out that enough wind+tide power to run the electrical demands of the United States would literally kill the trade winds entirely, in terms of efficiency vs. wattage available to be extracted.
Granted, I'm doubly in favor of nuclear power precisely because I live
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I dunno if I made it clear enough I thought "Earth Hour" was pretty much a joke--either you're for conservation and you conserve all the time, or you're not and one hour of change will not do jack.
moo (Score:2)
Is "puget sound" where you got your name from?
Back on topic:
I didn't - and probably wouldn't - turn my lights off then.
I didn't know about it until after anyway.
I probably get most of electricty from Niagra falls or the local nuclear plant.
Is there any map of the country where it says what reagions get it from where?
It would be interesting to see if PA and NY got it from coal while CA and ME from tidal or wind.
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Is "puget sound" where you got your name from?
No.
Is there any map of the country where it says what reagions get it from where?
No idea. Would be interesting.