Apr 23, 2009

The Earth Day farce

April 23, 2009

I decided to skip the Earth Day event at the Old City walls this evening, for what I believe is good reason. By not watching the farce, I spared myself copious amounts of eye rolling and a lethal dose of sarcasm. 

Jerusalem decided to copy the US and turn out the lights on the Old City walls for a nice energy-saving hour. But on my way to the Old City today, I saw increased cop patrols (completely necessary considering the president and mayor would both be there) creating a lot more pollution. I saw trucks carting in electrically powered decorative orb-like objects. Friends told me that they saw a children's model project of a windmill powered by wind, was powered by the wind of a fan, electric naturally.

Sound systems were carted in and speeches were made. More energy and hot air. Then the lights went out. I wonder what the net gain would be for that hour, especially after the previous 12 in setting up the event.

It isn't a bad idea to conserve energy, but to expend more to make your conservation more dramatic? Don't make me sneer. I want to be happy. Really.

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