I believe we may have been one of the only households to have the power off in Miami Beach, FL (flipped the circuit breakers so there wasn't any power usage from clocks and the fridge)...didn't matter. I took a walk and had a great night knowing I was making a small symbolic gesture. This one hour won't save the planet, in an of itself, but I've decided to do this on my own throughout the year. And THANKS to Google, because I might have forgotten all about it, but every time I did a search, I was reminded.

I had to turn my kitchen light on to see the screen better because my computer screen was too dark.

MY HOUSE WAS DARK!
Not only the lights, but the Heat , the Fridge , the Computer and all my clocks!
funny how you cna find things to do when all the noise is quited. thank goodness for the things that don't need to be plugged in to enrich our live- loved ones, pets, books, neighbors, contemplation.

We turned out our lights and turned off appliances. We went for a walk and came back and lit some candles. Since I could not get distracted by electronic things I cleaned the kitchen by candle light. We noticed that our home was quiet and peaceful that hour.

I'll ask again. Is the GD Huffington Post moderation staff going to post comments, or not?

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If Huffington Post is going to IGNORE the Business Section, WHY BOTHER TO HAVE ONE?

My comment did not go through last night, so I will try again, a little differently:

I hope Google figures out how to truly go green, because they use an enormous amount of electric power. I found some info on Wikipedia that estimates the power consumption:

"Estimates of the power required for over 450,000 servers range upwards of 20 megawatts, which could cost on the order of US$2 million per month in electricity charges."

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

I like what Goggle did to their web page. They should leave it dark. It looks a lot better.

LCDs actually use MORE energy when displaying black... the display is natively white (an always-on light behind the screen) with the LCDs simply blocking out lightwaves in a pattern on the screen to make your mind think you are looking at one consistent image... the 'blocking out' takes energy to run, and with black you have to 'black out' (no pun intended) everything on the screen..

Having an all black screen would really only aid a plasma display save any real energy, since it takes energy to keep a color on the screen, with the screen natively black

I enjoy google.

Turning lights off worldwide for a hour is a fine demonstration of commitment.

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This statement is typical of the entire movement, from Al Gore on down: "As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative." In other words, Google is doing their job by lecturing everyone else to do as they say, not as they do. What a bunch of hooey.

I joined in and encouraged my Myspace fans to join in (Observing Earth Hour 2008)... I think Atlanta as a whole did itself proud, as I noted that our Mayor Shirley Franklin was publicly behind the event in the local media.

I joined in and encouraged my Myspace fans to join in... I think Atlanta as a whole did itself proud, as I noted that our Mayor Shirley Franklin was publicly behind the event in the local media.

* http://www.myspace.com/ronwilesmusicshow

"Earth Hour". Another stupid idea from the minds of liberals.

Get over yourselves Libs, you can't change the climate.

Google's server farms are massive power users. I hope they are figuring out how to go green. From Wikipedia:

"Though the numbers are not publicly known, some people estimate that Google maintains over 450,000 servers, arranged in racks located in clusters in cities around the world, with major centers in Mountain View, California; Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Dublin, Ireland; and new facilities constructed in The Dalles, Oregon[1] and Saint-Ghislain, Belgium.[2] In 2009 Google is planning one of its first sites in the upper midwest to open in Council Bluffs, Iowa close to abundant wind power resources for fulfilling green energy objectives and proximate to fiber optic communications links.[3]"

if having a darker screen does not save energy why did they create blackle.com last year, a dark google homepage?

humorous , kind of insulting though. They change html code and pretend like they are really doing something. They should turn off their servers for a couple minutes. That would do a lot more than just typing ""#000000"

That is fine
But I sure did miss their Easter themed page
What a bummer
They do every other holiday.