How much electricity did Canada and world wide get from Earth Hour?

Question

On march 29th some were aware that it was earth hour where people worldwide would turn off their lights and electricity to save energy . Does anyone have an idea or know how much we saved such as we saved energy equilvalent to ____ number of cars. and could you please give some evidience that this is true. Thank you guys so much> :D

Answer 1

We didn't  "get" any electricity, what actually happened is was didn't use as much as we would have.

But onto the actual question.  Last year, when the event was first held in Sydney, Australia a minor 2.10% decrease in electricity consumption compared to the usual decline at that hour.  I would assume the percent would be less based on the global scale of this years event.

Answer 2

the sad thing is that after they make this symbolic gesture of turning off all the "unnecessary" lights for the given hour, they turn them back on again and go home.  I dont think that anyone can argue that turning off things when not in use is a bad thing, and whether or not you believe in global warming or whatever, the fact is that when you dont use electricity you dont get charged for it.

Answer 3

There's no telling what the usage would have been if no one had turned their lights off, so any estimates will be pure guesswork.  The guesstimate will be on the high side to make those who participated "feel good", while electric companies simply increase their rates to compensate for any shortfall in profits.  Life goes on, the world keeps spinning, the sun continues to cause global warming.