Earth Hour 2012

[jamescv7]

Dated on March 31, 2012

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Let's contribute for an hour by turn off the lights to save our Earth

P.S: For Youtube users, a light switch will appear on every video just click to turn off. A matter of contribution.

(Location its in the upper left)

 

[Ink]

James, you beat me to it.

Never would I have thought a dark Youtube looks good, but it sure does.

 

[jamescv7]

IMO a good replacement theme for Youtube if they want it.

Also my friend told me this yesterday about the switch thing which I was clueless until this morning found out.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

I've always loved dark colours! :heart:
That's why my external mouse & keyboard and my laptop are black in colour. I don't know why I got my phone in white colour.

 

[HeffeD]

P.S: For Youtube users, a light switch will appear on every video just click to turn off. A matter of contribution.

Of course, this will do diddly unless you're still using a CRT display, and even then, the difference will only be marginal. (it doesn't take much more power to display colors other than black onscreen)

With LED/LCD displays, it only uses extra energy to change states. Once the color of a pixel is set, it takes no more power to keep it that way. Your monitors backlights are still required to display black onscreen, so having a black background will consume the same amount of power as any static background. So once you've loaded a YouTube page, whether the background is the default static theme, or completely black, you're using the same amount of electricity.

This is why the battery life of digital ebook readers such as Kindle have great battery lifespan if all you're doing is reading books, because power is only required for page turns.

But this is really beside the point, because isn't the idea to not use electricity for an hour? It doesn't do much good to turn off the lights, but still run other electrical devices.

Edit: Typo :blush:

 

[Ink]

It don't matter, it looks cool and Youtube users like the darkness, plus it's easier on the eyes.

 

[McLovin]

Well went out to a party last night and I have to say it's sad but we didn't do Earth hour all we did was arty: and :drinks:.