Dear all...      from France

This makes a lot of sense as an action in France with upcoming  
presidential elections, with today as first day of "no smoking" in  
restaurants,   with yesterday's adjournment of the possibility of  
having "class action" suits introduced in the French penal system,   
where the 'global warming' issue is finally taken seriously.
It makes visible (without lighting....!!!)  the energy issues and its  
uses.    Many then can bring up our thoughtful analyses, class  
differences, imperial uses.

It is anti-capitalist lite-action, yes.  But opening the way to anti  
capitalism thinking and further actions.  The future will indeed have  
to deal with heavier stuff.

I'll turn everything off at 6:55 p.m. today here in Sarkozy land.

And think of you all, in Boston and elsewhere, with love,

Maurice

Maurice Bazin
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On Jan 31, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Eric Entemann wrote:

I just wish that most of my calculus students thought sufficiently  
highly of my class to be less than 5 minutes late!

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From: Michael Balter <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Science for the People Discussion List               
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To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Global Lites Out on Thurs I Feb @ 1:55pm to 2pm EST
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:49:09 +0000

Eric, just being late for your calculus class has retarded human  
progress by
well more than 5 minutes, so I say this was a bad idea to begin with!

M


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On 1/31/07, Eric Entemann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Let's say the power used for light by one person is 30 watts.  5  
> minutes
> is
> 1/12 hour, so the energy per person is 2.5 watt-hours.  If a billion
> people
> do this, that's 2.5 million KWH, a quarter-million- dollar's worth  
> at 10
> cents per KWH.
>
> But I doubt a billion people would do this...  And then there are the
> injuries from bumping into furniture and doors, not to mention falling
> down
> stairs.
>
> And doing this calculation just made me late for my early calculus  
> class.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Michael Balter <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Science for the People Discussion List
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Global Lites Out on Thurs I Feb @ 1:55pm to 2pm EST
> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:23:20 +0100
>
> Since this is a science discussion list, would someone like to tell  
> us how
> much energy would be saved given the maximum likely number of  
> people that
> would do this? And how much energy would be expended distributing this
> idea
> all over the internet? Please, I am all for symbolic actions but  
> this one
> is
> just too feel good to be much use, sorry!
>
> best wishes, Michael Balter
>
> www.michaelbalter.com
>
>
> On 1/31/07, Sam Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >Lites Out Tomorrow...
> >
> >On Feb 1 from 19:55 to 20:00 hrs, there is a proposal to turn off all
> >lights to give the planet a break.  The proposal comes from  
> France. If
> >there
> >is a massive response, the energy savings could be amazing. Only five
> >minutes, and we'll see what happens. Yes, yes, we'll be sitting in  
> the
> dark
> >for five minutes like fools, but remember that there is a lot of  
> strength
> >in
> >the internet and we can do something great.  Spread the word!
> >
> >So for USA eastern time that would be from 1:55pm  to 2:00 pm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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