Earth Hour | Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
EnergyAustralia last night reported a drop between seven and 12 per cent in energy consumption in Sydney's CBD during Earth Hour. On a typical Saturday night the city would use 231.8 megawatts of electricity. Last night's figure was 212.4 megawatts.
Earth Hour was apparently started last year in Sydney and has spread around the globe. You wil have read Simon’s rather negative post about it last year as I made him sit around by candlelight while most of the neighbouring buildings stayed lit.
What the figures regarding reduction in energy consumption miss is the large number of people driving to vantage points all around Sydney to view the spectacle and the large number of news helicopters out taking pictures of it all. How much more energy was consumed?
Labels: environment sydney
