Wish I had known about this even earlier, I would have participated.

The way I look at it, if the earth wanted me to turn my lights off, she wouldn't have made coal in the first place.

Oh, so that's why the street lights downtown weren't working. I thought it may have been an idea to try to make Ferndale look edgy or something. Like we need more cities like that around here. ; )

I'm gonna turn all of mine on. Rebel!

The count must now be over 2 billion sheeple. TRULY AMAZING!

Unnecessary and over lighting just uses up resources faster --the night is natural
over lighting and unnecessary lighting is just plain selfish and in many cases intrudes on others private property and rights within private property that the origin of the source of the light does not own or have rights to. You may not have turned off the lights, but it is a proven fact, you can turn them down, or lower them --not have as many outside outside and still have the desired effect on YOUR property without a problem. The people who leave lights on all through the night and "shutter" themselves up so they can't even see what they are illumnating are selfish. When resources have to be rationed or increase in price, maybe they will understand.

I felt pretty good about waking up this morning to a dark house – I turned the lights off last night for Earth Hour, and didn't turn them back on. It made me realize how wasteful I am in leaving lights on through the night in bathrooms, the kitchen – just so it will be easier for me to see when I wake up. Not such a big deal -- and such a simple thing.

I think if I were Patricia Kane's next door neighbor I would install extra floodlights around my property just to annoy her.

This is a little tidbit leading up to Agenda 21.Controlling the masses in the name of saving the environment.

When you hear the term new world order and one world government.This is how they plan to make it happen.

Google Agenda 21,sustainable development and the Wildlands Project.
People need to take the time to learn about the real reasons behind these things.
There is much more than meets the eye than going green.

By the way,this NOT a right vs. left issue.Please don`t fall for the divide and conquer routine.Everybody should want a clean environment.But not at the cost of your freedoms.

Thank goodness the majority of the responders to this have common sense, and understand this is just one more ploy of the far left to try to control the sheeples. There is NO global warming, and there is NO need to turn off your lights for an hour. What a ridiculous idea. But, my guess is these same people protested in or supported OWA and we saw who all those folks were.

I leave my outside floodlights on by use of a timer. A dark yard and driveway is inviting trouble.

Energy: Michigan...

- Michiganians should work towards energy independence. National politics may never create a sound energy policy for the union. 21st century Michigan should not have a wait and see approach to energy.

- Michiganians should only rely on their own natural resources for energy. Develop a portfolio with proven technologies such as nuclear power; equal or less in cost than dirty coal. Gas costs 3 times as much as nuclear, solar costs 10 times as much (Google, Patrick Moore, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, opinion on pro nuclear power).

- The technology exists today to capture the current of the Detroit River and turn it into electricity. Where is that forward thinking in Lansing?

to be continued...

- Eliminate the "pain at the pump" permanently. Yet again, Michigan has the natural resources, climate, rainfall, soil conditions to do what Brazil did right here in Michigan. With true Michiganian entrepreneurial spirit, create our own fuels (Google Doo-Hong Min, Michigan State University, switchgrass becomes an energy option; it becomes cellulosic ethanol. An acre of switchgrass can produce 300 gallons of cellulosic ethanol! Switchgrass does not compete with human food sources, grows in sandy soils, ideal for a money making crop for the upper and lower penninsula. Eliminating "the pain at the pump" permanently could have an enormous potential for the Michigan economy creating a whole new industry completely separate from big oil. It would be purely Michigan, and a whole new way to buy gas and diesel right here in Michigan. Doo-Hong Min claims he can brew this stuff for around $2.50 a gallon.

Why?

- Our State, the Great State of Michigan, spends billions importing energy form out of state; doesn’t matter if it's coal from Wyoming or oil from Venezuela, it's our money going in the wrong direction. Michiganians have the drive, have the intelligence to switch before any other state or and any province in North America to go green. We need the leadership in Lansing and in the private sector to turn Michigan from the capitol of the “rust belt” into Michigan, the capital of the “green belt!"

to be continued...

- Successful 21st century economies will be those who achieve energy independence. There is no rhyme or reason that Michigan cannot achieve this goal... what a difference it would have on the Michigan economy to keep all those billions here at home! Michigan, with over 10 million residents, needs the availability, reliability, and cost savings of energy produced at home! For Michigan homeowners and job providers this is a key factor in terms of our present and future economic growth.

-To compete in the world’s 21st century economy international corporations are locating to states/provinces/countries who have a "green portfolio." To build France's smart car they uses electricity generated from nuclear power. Nuclear power does not produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Google just built a multi-billion dollar plant in Oregon, the electricity that runs the plant comes from hydro-electric power. Alcoa Aluminum just built a new multi-million dollar plant in of all places, Iceland. Why? The plant runs on geo-thermal power again, no CO2, no carbon footprint. Currently, 60 percent of Michigan electricity relies on dirty coal, a technology that international corporations want to have nothing to do with in the 21st century! If Michigan is serious about competing for jobs in the 21st century then it needs to be the first state/or province in North America to walk away from the fossil-fuel age and it needs to tell the planet that! 

to be continued...

- A Final Note on Global Warming, The Inuits (native americans) in the Hudson Bay region in Northern Canada who have over a dozen words for snow, they have learned a new word in the past 10 years. That word is "robin." Yes, robins are migrating as far north as Hudson Bay. Funny, something with a brain the size of a robin knows more about global warming then many humans I've meet.

Scott, the earth may or may not be warming. That isn't the debate. They debate is whether the warming that may or may not be happening is man made.

I seem to recall that at one time most of North America was covered in ice. Something caused that ice to melt. i don't believe it was automobiles.

If the government is so worried the environment,why do they allow Nestle`s to pump up to 500,000 gallons of water out of the ground at their Stanwood,Michigan Ice Mountain water plant for literally nothing?

You see they want to limit what the citizens use and keep raising rates but give these multi national corporations a free hand to whatever they want.

Does that bother anyone? It`s all part of Agenda 21.Google it.

So a few saps at one of the UN-sponsored NGOs decided to offer another one of its "It's My Turn to Feel Good" nonsensical exercises.

North Koreans won't have to be asked to turn off their lights. Satellite photos show that place to be mainly dark. Nobody in the UN seems to be interested in pressuring the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea" to make any changes.

Just wait when the utility companies get these new meters installed on houses that communicate with newer appliances.They will dial down your thermostat in the winter whether you like it or not.They will dictate how much water you use,natural gas and electricity.

As much as most of us enjoy this high tech we have there is a very big down side.
Which means a big brother state that wants to control your life in all ways possible.

They're gonna come down with the black helicopters with the Greys that have been living in Roswell to put us in FEMA camps. Better stock up on gold, canned goods, and tinfoil hats.

I admit I forgot all about Earth Day. I had all lights on, all computers on, all TV's on, all X-Box's ...on, all stoves,refridgerators....on, all plugs inserted into wall sockets...in the sockets, ect,ect., and the Earth is still here as I type. Question... Did Al Gore turn anything off in his TN mega,mega mansion? Did any UN grand kleptomaniacs turn anything off at their grand estates? Will your electric bill at your artifically higher taxed bungalow in Dbn be any less for your grand effort at sitting in the dark, twiddling your thumbs in boredom, for that hour ? Did our illustreous mayor turn anything off....really ? Did any of the elite organisors of this Earth Day "event", turn off ALL their powered luxuries...really? Really folks, YOU sit in the #%@* dark, like someone in the 6th century...just because somebody with more than you will ever have in 5 lifetimes TOLD you to ? Sad, but not surprising.

Whether you believe in "global warming", "climate change", "Agenda 21" or another movement or event it is good to conserve! There are plenty of so called experts that line up on either side of this issue. I happen to believe that the planet goes through cycles over long periods of time, remember the ice age, then all the glaciers pulled back and sculpted our landscape. Then they came back and are now receding. The debate is: Is what we are doing as humans speeding up this process?

This should not be about these agendas, it should be about us using our resources wisely as we see fit for our personal needs and expectations. Just think if we save on energy we spend less money and have more disposable income, so conservation is a good thing.

In industry I love to see the plants I work with use and dispose of their waste and in many cases use them as energy which causes efficiencies, this is smart. We do not need any incentives to make us do this, we just need to be educated on how this saves us money and helps out the bigger picture of the environment.

If this event helps us educate ourselves and not pushes an agenda, I am in!

I forgot to mention....did any of your favorite soup, chile, sandwich and BBQ places turn anythin' off ? Btw, when was Earth Day ? Did it fall on a Sunday ? If so...did those establishments volunteer to turn everything off on Monday to compensate?

Yummy coal right in our back yard,

http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/04/river-rouge-coal-plant-photos

The lack of intelligent thought displayed by the people in this story does not surprise me. If some of you people actually did your research instead of listening to the talking heads, you may be able to come up with something that sounds half way educated to respond with if you disagree with something.

Oh and congratulations to you crack pot fools who use extra energy to "make up for your neighbors turning their lights off", with that high utility bill you really showed them who's boss.

Rules requiring modern energy efficiencies are not UN plots to enslave us. It is tiresome to listen to the fearful wailing of wackos every single time a proposal is made to increase efficiency, increase renewable energy or protect public health. This "crying wolf" is skillfully abetted and encouraged by those who stand to profit from NOT moving forward with new technologies (IE fossil fuel lobbies). There may come a day when our liberties are truly threatened by dangerous agendas -- but efficient light bulbs, wind turbines and replacement of outdated electric meter technologies are not among them.

We should make efforts to conserve energy. Despite my dislike for the "feel good" crowd always into meaningless displays, I have the electric bills to prove that I conserve. Likewise with gas. And the recycle bin has resulted in our having hardly one-half bag of garbage to be put in the landfill each week.

No reason for parking lots and business facades to be lit up all night long.

Turning off the power for an hour one night a year is a meaningless gesture if it isn't accompanied by conservation that we can notice daily by the constraints we've placed on ourselves.

Sometimes "anal" is good!

Listing the problems and challenges of new ideas -- efficient lightbulbs, electric cars, wind energy -- is a hardly argument against them. We can shrink back fearfully into our safe (and increasingly expensive an unsustainable) status quo or move forward into new technologies and systems. We'll screw some things up, make some mistakes. We'll also grow, learn and refine the best ideas.

"Ed... I'm a big fan of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, he made a inserting comment lately. I'll try to paraphrase what he said. A true 'conservative' would want to conserve the plant's natural resources... and a 'liberal' would be the one who is liberal with our natural resources." -Scot Beaton

Scott, I agree with you There are some estimates that the US alone has enough oil reserves to sustain us for more than a century. I don't know whether that's true, but I do know that the leadership of the "greenies" seems bent on removing fossil fuel exlporation and nuclear energy as sources. They want development only on those forms that already have been shown to be frought with difficulties--and which private enterprises seem to have little interest in pursuing unless backed by the taxpayers' dollars.

Good point regarding the turnabout for the labels "conservative" and "liberal." It's been going on for decades. Today's liberals are openminded about nothing running counter to their own agenda. They won't revisit failed policies that continue to suck up funding and insist even more funding be given.

Conservatives are tje racists--and the fact that bigotry was strongest in the solidly Democrat South is not an argument that even seem to comprehend.

Oh, yes: Obama insists that a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of a law is an "activist" court, when we all know that term is used to describe jurists who give rulings that produce law.

And so on.

The Face of Authoritarian Environmentalism
An Oregon University professor has controversially compared skepticism of global warming to racism.

Sociology and environmental studies professor Kari Norgaard wrote a paper criticising non-believers, suggesting that doubters have a ‘sickness’.
The professor, who holds a B.S. in biology and a master’s and PhD in sociology, argued that ‘cultural resistance’ to accepting humans as being responsible for climate change ‘must be recognized and treated’ as an aberrant sociological behavior.
Really? Doubters have an illness? Isn’t pathologising dissidents a hallmark of authoritarianism? Weren’t dissidents under the Soviet Union often sent to psychiatric hospitals to be “treated” for their behavior?
Norgaard last week attended the annual four-day ‘Planet Under Pressure’ international conference in London, where she presented her controversial paper to delegates on Wednesday.
The scientists behind the event recently put out a statement calling for humans to be packed into denser cities so that the rest of the planet can be surrendered to mother nature.
And fellow attendee Yale University professor Karen Seto told MSNBC: ‘We certainly don’t want them (humans) strolling about the entire countryside. We want them to save land for nature by living closely [together].
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-face-authoritarian-environmentalism

Check this out.
Agenda21 – Wildlands Plan is in full swing in California – 42 Roads to close in El Dorado National Forest
Court Order Prohibits Motorized Vehicle Travel on 42 Popular OHV Routes
Release Date: Apr 4, 2012 Placerville, CA

Forty-two off-highway-vehicle routes that cross meadows in the Eldorado National Forest may be closed to motor vehicle travel this recreation season while the Forest Service completes an environmental analysis, announced Eldorado National Forest Supervisor Kathy Hardy.

The potential travel prohibitions are the result of a February 2012 court order by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Karlton. The order said the Forest Service failed to comply with the National Forest Management Act in 2008 when it designated “open for public motor vehicle use” portions of 42 routes that cross meadows. Judge Karlton ordered the Forest Service to “set aside” the decision that designated these segments as open and to reconsider the decision.

A final court order with further direction to the Forest Service is pending. In the interim, Karlton ordered the 42 routes remain closed to motorized public use. The final order will identify specifically where travel will be prohibited until a new environmental decision is made.
http://ppjg.me/2012/04/07/agenda-21-california/

Being a hunter and a fisherman, I am a big fan of responsible use of the environment. It is not a conspiracy that people are seeking to control us through environmental regulation. It is obvious from grade school through college and beyond that there is a form of green indoctrination going on. Some of the activism is good and has resulted in good things for society, but once governments start mandating things and creating regulations that suppress freedom of choice it becomes a problem to me. Enough of that, I wanted to share an article that made me think. Maybe our carbon emissions are the earth's way of dealing with our over-population. Check it out.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/295098/carbon-emissions-are-good-robert-zubrin

The sneakiest way to win a game is pitting team players against one another.

While you and I argue, or do nothing, millions of gallons from our Great Lakes are being pumped and shipped off to never return. Thats just wrong Green or not.

The tab for U.N.’s Rio summit: Trillions per year in taxes, transfers and price hikes
April 20, 2012

FoxNews.com

The upcoming United Nations environmental conference on sustainable development will consider a breathtaking array of carbon taxes, transfers of trillions of dollars from wealthy countries to poor ones, and new spending programs to guarantee that populations around the world are protected from the effects of the very programs the world organization wants to implement, according to stunning U.N. documents examined by Fox News.

The main goal of the much-touted, Rio + 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, scheduled to be held in Brazil from June 20-23, and which Obama Administration officials have supported, is to make dramatic and enormously expensive changes in the way that the world does nearly everything—or, as one of the documents puts it, "a fundamental shift in the way we think and act."

Among the proposals on how the “challenges can and must be addressed,” according to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:

--More than $2.1 trillion a year in wealth transfers from rich countries to poorer ones, in the name of fostering “green infrastructure, ” “climate adaptation” and other “green economy” measures.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/20/tab-for-uns-rio-summit-trillions-per-year-in-taxes-transfers-and-price-hikes/#ixzz1sgACkimS

In case anyone thought this was some kind of right wing movement,it`s not.

DEMOCRATS AGAINST U. N. AGENDA 21
Have you wondered where these terms 'sustainability' and 'smart growth' and 'high density urban mixed use development' came from? Doesn't it seem like about 10 years ago you'd never heard of them and now everything seems to include these concepts? Is that just a coincidence? That every town and county and state and nation in the world would be changing their land use/planning codes and government policies to align themselves with...what?
http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/