From the Google info page:
Earth Hour invites one billion people in more than 2800 cities representing 83 countries to turn off their lights for one hour – tonight, Saturday, March 28 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Paris, Sydney, London, Cairo, New York, Los Angeles and Cape Town, will join together to demonstrate their commitment to energy conservation and sustainability. [...] Earth Hour is about more than dimming lights for sixty minutes; it’s about making a commitment to reduce energy consumption throughout the year.
It saddens me that some people have made Earth Hour a political issue and think we’re just a bunch of liberals who don’t know better. It saddens me that some people don’t understand what this is really about. It saddens me that some people don’t see climate change is real, and it doesn’t matter if it’s caused by humans or because earth goes through cycles. We all are suffering the consequences, we all need to do something about it.
So tonight I’m turning my lights OFF, just for one hour. Because it DOES make a difference. We all need to stop for a minute and think that this is not about political ideas or who’s right or wrong, but about what means we use to protect this planet that was given to us.
Vote Earth. Switch your lights off, tonight at 8:30.
Although I do think it’s a hokey liberal idea to feel some sort of commradary about this particular day and hour, I know that the basis of the idea holds true on a grander scale. This is why I shut off lights whenever I can around the house to not only conserve energy, but money as well. I teach my children there is no reason to have a light one when there is plenty of daylight to use. I applaud you for your your efforts, but people will go on being what they are no matter what. I love your energy to strive for a better world and it’s that hope that keeps us all going as human beings. Don’t take this as a negative response from me to one hour in life although I’m afraid it may come out that way. Sometimes it takes a “political movement” to kick people in the rear to do something on their level for a better world.