Earth hour. does anyone mining care?

[shadypepe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour

[lucazane]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour

I will turn the light off in the mining room !

[shadypepe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour

I will turn the light off in the mining room !

haha i like that

[g3raint]

My miners and household electricity will be off for 1 hour tonight @ 8:30pm GMT

4.6kw for 1 hour  (about 0.028 BTC less for the day)

G

[os2sam]

Just another idiotic example of symbology over substance.

I'm pretty sure the Earth is going to survive whether I turn my lights off or not for an hour.

[MiningSensei]

Heh I sleep during that time but I'll definetly take an hour today to turn off my miners so that I can clean the dust off of them   True that it won't do anything in the grand scheme of things but it is a nice gesture.  They probably did a ton of work to get those cities aboard but they could have been putting that into getting websites to use darker designs for a pledged amount of time and gotten more energy savings out of it.

[b!z]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour

I will turn the light off in the mining room !

You can turn off the fan too

[TrillionBTC]

We not only have the lights off in the mining room we have over 30 hamsters running in their wheels that are connected to hand crank electric generators producing electricity for the miners. Hey I feed and clean up after those hamsters so the least they can do is help provide for the household.

Additionally my wife and I know that our city uses an electric pump to deliver the water to our home so to conserve electricity and water we take showers together in the dark.  

[os2sam]

We not only have the lights off in the mining room we have over 30 hamsters running in their wheels that are connected to hand crank electric generators producing electricity for the miners.

Careful, don't want PETA coming after you!

[shadypepe]

i'm gonna make a poll. if a lot of people switch their miners off, i'm gonna put extra ones on to profit from lower overall hashrate

[GreekBitcoin]

Earth hour is not only retarded but also dangerous. It makes people psychologically think they have actually made their part in saving environment just by closing lights for an hour. That may keep them from doing something that actually helps environment and most importantly from politically addressing the problem...

[shadypepe]

poll is online, please vote!

[os2sam]

I know the poll is tongue in cheek, but I don't like the use of the word "hate".

Too many people reshape public opinion on the basis that anyone who is against "them" are by definition "hateful".  It wouldn't bother me that much, but it is too effective and keeps people from thinking objectively.

[os2sam]

That may keep them from doing something that actually helps environment and most importantly from politically addressing the problem...

Do you think this "problem" really needs to be addressed "politically"?

The last thing we need is more government obstacles motivated by political maneuvering.

[TrollboxChamp]

Worst poll options ever

[shadypepe]

I know the poll is tongue in cheek, but I don't like the use of the word "hate".

Too many people reshape public opinion on the basis that anyone who is against "them" are by definition "hateful".  It wouldn't bother me that much, but it is too effective and keeps people from thinking objectively.

haha please ignore the second part if it bothers you that I formulated it in a blunt way. just wanted to get a quick overview and yes and no seemed boring

[samson20min]

I'll invest today's mined bitcoins in green energy devices. Make sense?

[jackedwhite]

Just another idiotic example of symbology over substance.

I'm pretty sure the Earth is going to survive whether I turn my lights off or not for an hour.

"Symbology" can lead to increased awareness.it can also give people an excuse to do nothing more. It has nothing to do however with the earth not surviving because of the lights turned off.

[os2sam]

Just another idiotic example of symbology over substance.

I'm pretty sure the Earth is going to survive whether I turn my lights off or not for an hour.

It has nothing to do however with the earth not surviving because of the lights turned off.

Sounds like it to me.  Culled from the Wikipedia article

"encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet"

[os2sam]

Just another idiotic example of symbology over substance.

I'm pretty sure the Earth is going to survive whether I turn my lights off or not for an hour.

"Symbology" can lead to increased awareness.

Awareness of what, exactly?

And what benefit would said awareness be?