Canary Wharf

Right, so I was in Canary Wharf this weekend for the first time. And it is a mad place. Here’s two things I noticed.

First, and most importantly, look at this:

Canary Wharf at 2:40AM

And I thought that me turning off lights when leaving the room makes a difference. No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t make any difference. According to statistics from BBC, the demand for electricity in the UK is about 358 bn kWh. That is a lot. So me turning off my lights doesn’t make any difference in the big picture. It can help two things though, first it’ll lower my electricity bills. And second, my actions might convince others to turn their light off as well, starting a snowball effect – which is the opposite of the rolling stone effect – in the end leading everybody to turn their lights off.

That picture was taken when we arrived to Canary Wharf. In the morning, I woke up at eight, which was quite early taking that we spent the last night drinking until two. Since everyone else was still sleeping I decided to go and walk around the area. It’s really strange to be outside as late as eight and seeing another soul, and this is London. Well, I saw this:

Ha ha, it’s the last hatch of DHARMA Initiative and it’s in Canary Wharf. That is seriously cool. I bet they have rationed electricity usage better down there than above ground.

Anyhow, serious again. So, I’m a bit worried about all the lights left on and all what were doing to environment. To do something about this, I’ll challenge all the bankers of London. Challenge is to turn off your lights when you leave home to work AND your work lights off when you leave to home. In return, I’ll give an energy saving light-bulb to a person of your choice.

To claim for this, just leave a comment below and I’ll get in touch with you.

Thank you for reading,

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