- Comes global blackout

August 4, 2007 (07:37) | General | Written by: viper

Approximately 72 associations came together and proposed turning off the light today for five minutes across the Earth. What led them to make this decision to raise awareness about the importance of caring energy

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The group Alliance for the Planet, which brings together 72 associations worldwide environmentalists, proposed on Thursday for a five-minute blackout against the waste of energy. Groups worldwide discussing the effectiveness of the Alliance for the Planet medida.La called for people around the world to shut down between 1955 and 20 hours light. The proposal, as indicated by the European press, not designed to save energy, but also raise awareness about the need to use the necessary quantity.

The Spanish daily 20 Minutos gave 10 reasons why it is important to join the protest:

* Fires
* Increased melting and sea levels
* Reduction of the ozone layer
* Rise in temperatures
* Loss of crop productivity
* Increase in Deaths
* Extinction of species
* Increased virulence of natural phenomena
* Reduction in the productivity of marine waters, and therefore, fishing
* Advancement of hours of the end of the world