Toronto did well for Earth Hour. The city managed to reduce hydro usage by 8.7% compared to another late March Saturday night. Across the province we reduced it by 5.2%. Downtown street level lights were on but above that the lights in office towers, hotels and condos switched off.
I live out in the 'burbs. Around my neighbourhood, most homes were dark. As 8:00 PM approached I opened my blinds tomake use of the last of the waning daylight. I lit a candle and turned the lights off. I was online for a while, thanks to my laptop battery which has enough juice to run for a few hours.
A friend of mine, tells me he missed the last hour of the hockey game because of Earth Hour and wouldn't you know it...Toronto BEAT Montreal. Of course, I had to call home right away. Sister and brother in law were sitting in the dark except the hockey game was on. Serves them right. Every home in Montreal had the game on to see Les Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Laughs (that's is what they call us lately). Well, I am pleased they watched us win! They are number 1 in the rankings and we didn't make the playoffs.
It does my heart good to see the city go dark, not from a crisis but voluntarily.
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