This is not a bicycle:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=124705
Earth Hour is also not a bicycle, yet:
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Yeah, I don't think that people will really offset anything.
They'll use their laptops on batteries, their PSP, iPod, and other battery using items.
Again, I think it's a feelgood measure to make people think they are actually doing something because they did it once a year for one measely hour.
If you want to do something, change your lifestyle dramatically, not just for 1 hour out of 8,760.
I'm not turning anything off. In fact I will be with some orthodox people who will just be starting to use things since 8pm is when Shabbos is officially over.
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Hate to start trouble my first day and all but: Uhhhh, what? Preach radically changing lifestyles and lust over a BMW? Something doesn't quite click. If you need links I can show you really expensive bicycles to covet.
Offsetting one vehicle for another saves little, as I'm quickly learning trying to get out of my cherished '90 Jeep Cherokee into something that will carry my butt and all of my tools through snow reliably (for under $8k, please). Surprisingly, the F150 4x4 would fit the bill circa 2001. Bigger vehicle, smaller footprint. Anything Toyota is out of my price range to increase efficiency. Strange days indeed.
I support Earth Hour and our family will be participating. We will wander around our house with the kids and *think* about what can be turned off or unplugged. Maybe it'll even get my kids to think about phantom loads a bit more.
GO EARTH HOUR!
Cynthetiq, I don't want to pick on you but I saw the major opponent of this protest/advocacy/awakening in this particular thread lust after a brand new internal combustion powered automobile. That tripped my BS meter.