Earth Hour 2009 is a movement to get one billion people to turn off their lights for an hour on March 28. Nice, but small-minded. I believe the blogscape can do one better. We can hold our breath for that hour as well.
Think of impact on carbon-dioxide levels if mankind would just be willing to hold its breath for the short, sixty minutes that make up an hour. The world would never be the same. Of course, some volcano could blow and undo all the good we accomplished, but think of the personal impact holding your breath would have on you and your family. Just think of it.
I know it would work in my case. Which is why I refuse to do it. I’m too selfish.
I must be way ahead of the curve, since March 28 is my birthday and I was born with a mild birth defect in which my breathing wasn’t quite automatic yet – my parents carried an oxygen tank around with me until I was most of a year old and the blue spells subsided. I can still beat almost everyone in a hold-your-breath contest (no, definitely not for a whole hour). Just call me “Mr. Earth Hour.”
Wow, if only we could all be like you. I’m in awe.