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stephanie
09-30-2007, 01:00 AM
:lmao:

Coordinating with San Francisco's plan, officials are urging Angelenos to agree to a voluntary blackout one day next month to help conserve energy.
By Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 29, 2007
Following San Francisco's lead, Los Angeles County and city officials are urging people, businesses and government to switch off nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.

Led by Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, the proposed effort asks Angelenos to simultaneously go dark between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, as San Franciscans do the same. Local officials are expected to vote on the plan next week.

At the original event in Sydney, Australia, in March, 2.2 million people cut the lights, causing a 10% drop in electricity use. The so-called Earth Hour reduced 25 tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to taking nearly 49,000 cars off the road for 60 minutes, organizers said.

"It's a great opportunity to conserve," Burke said, "a great [symbol] of people coming together."

read the rest and some funny comments at...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightsout29sep29,0,3411449.story?coll=la-home-center

Abbey Marie
09-30-2007, 01:37 AM
There will be a baby boom in Los Angeles nine months from that date. :)

musicman
09-30-2007, 02:39 AM
There will be a baby boom in Los Angeles nine months from that date. :)

Ah, well - Frisco won't have that to worry about!

Mr. P
09-30-2007, 09:25 AM
I'd like to see lights off in ALL non-occupied buildings every night nationwide.