by
Old-Nick
@ 2007-06-21 - 09:02:53
Tonight in London we are all being urged to turn off all non-essential lights for an hour from 21.00. Some of the capitals biggest tourist spots are going to go dark as well – Buckingham Palace, St Pauls and even the neon signs in Piccadilly Circus will go off.
This is all to highlight the fact that if we all made an effort to save energy we could stop the polar bears crying and heal our environment. Or something.
The thing is that in the lead up to this great event, I have noticed loads of adverts for things that just seemed designed to waste energy. Things no one has mentioned turning off, or even pointed to as totally stupid energy wasting ideas.
Like Kettles with lights in them that change colour and make the water look pretty! Blue for cold and Red for boiled. What the hell do you need one of those for?
And air fresheners with fans in them that you plug in, waste energy, and feel good in the knowledge that your house no longer smells of the take away cartons in the bin you cant be arsed to chuck out, because the little electric fan is wafting summer meadow freshness around your abode.
And best of these (in fact a combination of the two) air fresheners with colour changing bulbs in! What the fuck is the point of that! A light show and a lovely smell. Oh well now that makes perfect sense.
So turning off the light in the hallway will make a ton of difference.
Oh right.