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Yesterday, February 1, 2007, the European environmental movement are disconnected from the power for 5 minutes how to raise the world about the climate change process and its consequences. This action, driven by L'Alliance Pour La Planète , managed to summon thousands of people, governments, businesses and organizations of all kinds. But there are also critical to this initiative, which aimed to bring the media merely not being a real contribution in reducing global pollution.
Portuguese Quercus organization not adhere to this campaign, criticizing focus on the production of electricity. She argues that the biggest polluter is the transport and the generation of carbon dioxide, and that the blackout "runs the risk of passing the wrong message that to reduce the greenhouse effect, switch off the light, instead of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, which are the real culprits. " (Source ) also expressed concern at the impact on electricity supply.
For its part, the English electricity sector down and announced that a sharp rise in energy consumption can negatively impact the users, including measures necessary involving the waste of water to overcome this situation. (Source ) I have clear whether or not these possibilities materialized. in the media has emphasized the energy savings achieved by this event, and are calculated in dollars, euros, millions of bulbs and how much equivalence can be done. The truth is that the same organization convener said that "it is not save five minutes, but the attention of the public, the media and deciding on wastage of energy and urgency of taking action. " (Source ) So, I really liked this paragraph, which vividly expresses the critique of a media initiative of a population even insensitive:
To this is added if that was not enough, it seems the bad guys are still over energy companies as the cause of all evil. However, we who do not want to sacrifice their comfort in which we are accustomed to live and they do no more than the energy needed to serve all our comfortable life takes place. And what we get angry when our electric utility or natural gas does not meet its service and leaves us without electricity, TV or hot water, then the life of the caribou, bear, panda or the melting of polar icecaps we care about what we care about.
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important thing is that the hype has already been created, and this is where the discussion should go beyond the particular event. Among other things, you can bring the change the light bulbs with low-consumption, or follow this regime green living.
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