I Wonder How Much Energy That Is Going To Waste?

...On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation...

I wonder how much energy that is going to waste?:wallbang:

I need to go out & buy some candles! :D

Now what could we do with one hour of darkness hmmm? My wife and I could make use of this although we might expend some extra energy!;)

There will now probably be a population explosion (leading to more energy use) nine months after "Earth Hour"!

Which is exactly what happend after NY blackout

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Quoting panther10758

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Which is exactly what happend after NY blackout

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I hate to bust your bubble, but that old urban legend has been debunked several thousands of times.


http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/blackout.asp

From Here to Maternity

Claim: Nine months after the Great Blackout of 1965, the birth rate in New York City increased dramatically.

Status: False.

Origins: Despite initial reports of New York City hospitals' seeing a dramatic increase in the number of births nine months after the 1965 blackout, later analyses showed the birth rate during that period to be well within the norm.

A series of three articles appearing in The New York Times from August 10-12 in 1966 reported larger-than-average numbers of births at several area hospitals, leading many to declare that the ten-hour overnight blackout the city experienced
nine months earlier had led to an unusually high number of conceptions that evening. As often happens, however, people formed predetermined conclusions and then tried to fit the data to them. The birth rate nine months after the blackout did not show a statistically significant difference from the rate of birth recorded during the same period in any of the five previous years.

It is a common belief that the number of conceptions increases during natural disasters or crises that keep people confined within their homes for unexpectedly long periods of times. Nine months after such events — blackouts, blizzards, earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, ice storms, and even strikes by professional football players — reports about "baby booms" in local hospitals invariably appear in the media. However, these "booms" always turn out to be nothing more than natural fluctuations in the birth rate (or, in many cases, no variation in the birth rate at all). Of course, we never hear about these fluctuations when they are not preceded by some unusual event. (Conversely, when these fluctuations do occur, reporters go scrambling to find some earlier event to "blame" them on.)

As J. Richard Udry stated at the conclusion of his article about the effect of the New York City blackout on the birth rate, it "is evidently pleasing to many people to fantasize that when people are trapped by some immobilizing event which deprives them of their usual activities, most will turn to copulation."

Additional Information:

The New York Times: 10 August 1966 Births Up 9 Months After the Blackout
(The New York Times, 10 August 1966)

The New York Times: 11 August 1966 Theories Abound on Birth Increase
(The New York Times, 11 August 1966)

The New York Times: 12 August 1966 Hospitals Report Birth Rates Gradually Returning to Normal
(The New York Times, 12 August 1966)

Demography: August 1970 The Effect of the Great Blackout of 1965 on Births in New York City
(Demography, August 1970)

Last updated: 17 July 2007

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by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson
This material may not be reproduced without permission.
Sources Sources:

Arnold, Tom. "The Chilling Truth Behind Ice Storm Baby Boom: There Wasn't One!"
National Post. 27 November 1998 (p. A5).

Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Baby Train.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1993. ISBN 0-393-31208-9 (p .37).

Tolchin, Martin. "Births Up 9 Months After Blackout."
The New York Times. 10 August 1966 (p. 1).

Tolchin, Martin. "Theories Abound on Birth Increase."
The New York Times. 11 August 1966 (p. 1).

Tolchin, Martin. "Hospitals Report Birth Rates Gradually Returning to Normal."
The New York Times. 12 August 1966 (p. 1).

Udry, J. Richard. "The Effect of the Great Blackout of 1965 on Births in New York City."
Demography. August 1970 (pp. 325-327).

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Now what could we do with one hour of darkness hmmm? My wife and I could make use of this although we might expend some extra energy!;)

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I ran this by Mrs. Buzzard and she thought about it a moment and asked what we would do for the remaining 57 minutes. :wallbang: :mad: :D

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I ran this by Mrs. Buzzard and she thought about it a moment and asked what we would do for the remaining 57 minutes. :wallbang: :mad: :D

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You're up to 3 minutes now!?

Hey...I am impressed!:D

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Quoting seniorjudge

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You're up to 3 minutes now!?

Hey...I am impressed!:D

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Hey, foreplay takes time. It's unromantic to rush right in. :D

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Quoting 4eyedbuzzard

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Hey, foreplay takes time. It's unromantic to rush right in. :D

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Ozark Foreplay:

"Git in the truck, honey."