{"id":3450,"date":"2009-03-27T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:12:57","slug":"anglican-luddites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-luddites\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Luddites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earth day is approaching and we are being urged to turn off our electric lights<\/a> for an hour and light candles.\"Add<\/p>\n

The Connelly-Miller family light their candles at last year’s KAIROS Earth Hour worship service at the Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n

What are you doing on March 28 at 8:30 p.m.? Kairos, an ecumenical social justice organization, is calling for Canadians to observe Earth Hour “as a symbolic pause to reflect on our use of fossil fuels, to think about the impact of our activity on people and ecosystems around the world, and most importantly, to pledge to make a difference – as individuals, communities, and as a nation.”<\/p>\n

In 2008, 50 million people in 370 cities and towns, in more than 35 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This makes as much sense as most of the Anglican Church’s quixotic justice endeavours.<\/p>\n

To make a candle, paraffin wax is melted to 190C by a man rubbing two sticks together to generate heat – well, actually the heat is generated by electricity. If we assume a 500W heater can heat enough paraffin wax to make 100 candles in 1 hour, each candle has consumed 5 Watt hours to manufacture. To light 20 candles in a church for one hour consumes 100 Watt hours. Not only that, the burning of the candle produces\u00a0 water vapour and carbon dioxide. So the candles are increasing what latter day hobbits like to call our “carbon footprint”.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you could use the same energy and get more light by turning on five 20W low energy bulbs. But, of course, this is really about an anti-technology zeitgeist, not saving the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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