30-03-08, 09:13 PM
It's more an awareness thing than a power saving thing. They talleyed the 'power saved' last year in Sydney and published the results - people are supposed to think "wow, and all I did was turn off acouple of lights!!". It's designed to make people think that all the little things, like turning off unneeded appliances/lights etc make a difference overall.
We did it in Christchurch on Saturday night and power usage was down 12.8% - turned off everything in the house cept for the telly. Wasn't really a big thing for us though, I'm pretty keen to turn off things that aren't needed cos it means we pay less on our powerbill. Most people in our area did it, but I was talking to my olds yesterday and they took the hour to go for a walk and said that pretty much nobody did it round where they live.
We did it in Christchurch on Saturday night and power usage was down 12.8% - turned off everything in the house cept for the telly. Wasn't really a big thing for us though, I'm pretty keen to turn off things that aren't needed cos it means we pay less on our powerbill. Most people in our area did it, but I was talking to my olds yesterday and they took the hour to go for a walk and said that pretty much nobody did it round where they live.
the boy with the three stripes