SwarnaBumiputran of Malaysia
Well, we had some visitors at home, who were actually enthusiastic on this Earth Hour campaign. I’m not into all these hype stuff. Close for one hour, but the rest of our lives we waste million times over 🙂
Anyway, we ended up switching off everything, bar the fridge and UPS. I saw some houses along the street were dark too.
In case you’re wondering, there’s a street light outside the house, that’s why its quite bright even at night.
VJ says:
Below is the news report . Good Job !
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PETALING JAYA: Electricity consumption dipped by some 550MW during Earth Hour on Saturday.
This, said Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh, was equivalent to the consumption of about 14 million 40-watt fluorescent bulbs.
“Everything went smoothly and we were able to respond to the slightly lower demand without any operational glitches,” he said in a press statement yesterday.
He was commenting on the hour-long lights-out campaign to create awareness on the need to combat global warming.
However, Che Khalib added that demand picked up rapidly at 9.30pm to follow the normal Saturday night pattern.
Many Malaysians joined the annual campaign, which began in Sydney in 2007, by switching off their lights for an hour from 8.30pm.
