Last one to leave, please…
Earth Hour passed without anybody commenting on the irony of turning the lights out on Planet Earth to draw attention to the fact that we have already done that.
But didn’t it feel real? Wasn’t it great to hear the radio pundits extolling the virtues of a family in China and a single mother in Germany and a couple in America all doing the same thing for the planet at the same time, give or take a timezone.
And wouldn’t it have also been the perfect time for the Easter Bunny to sneak in under cover of darkness and lay all those chocolate eggs, like only a bunny can. Maybe the Planetary Feel Good Committee and the Easter Planners can get it together next year.
That would be fabulous. Then all the future generations who are going to inherit a completely whaled malaria-infested earthquake ravaged ball of dust and swamp where an ice cube costs $17.00 could stop tweeting for long enough to go find chocolate rabbit eggs in false darkness in tribute to the walking dead son of a ghost who so loved the world that he tricked a virgin into getting pregnant on their first date. Sounds likely.
Speaking of which, it’s been almost two decades since global warming went mainstream, and you know we’re taking it seriously because every year the crisis now gets an hour of its very own – like Hey Hey It’s Saturday and about as visionary.
Of course, that is as long as you own a light bulb to turn off. By the logic of Earth Hour, we should really blame the homeless for climate change because they didn’t do anything to cut their emissions… for a whole hour.
But don’t just blame the homeless – blame the politicians who don’t do anything because we let them continue to not do anything, apart from Tony Abbott. Even though his government spent ten years helping America prevent global action, he rides a bike. And Kevin Rudd, because even though he more or less works for the benefit of massive coalmining companies he doesn’t actually own one. Or Peter Garrett, because They made sure that portfolio was well-insulated from him.
Which may in fact mean……
