This past weekend, people around the world “showed solidarity” by turning off their lights for one hour.

I don’t know about you, but this seems like another example of greenwashing — where people “do the right thing” for a moment before going back to business as usual — or carbon offset indulgences — where we do what we want and pay someone else to be virtuous.

(I’m reminded of the Live Earth “Concerts for a Climate in Crisis,” which probably generated more carbon than they removed…)

Bottom Line: If people want to save the earth, they have to make changes for ALL 8,760 hours of the year, i.e., be vegetarian, ride a bike to work, don’t have kids, etc.