Earth Hour

I should start this post first by saying I am not a fanatic, or an environmentalist, or any such thing. And I do have my questions about "climate change" But when I heard about Earth Hour I couldn't help but want to join in because of what I have seen on Vacations. 
Earth hour is a call for action on climate change by turning off your lights for one hour. That hour is tomorrow, Saturday March 27th 2010, at 8:30pm (your local time). People around the world will be joining in.
So why am I joining? What did I see on vacation? I saw dam after dam after dam on the snake river (15 in all), and the huge concrete Bonneville dam that stretches across the Colombia river. You can see a photo of it HERE. Much of Washington State where I live is powered by this hydro electric dam. Seeing these dams stretched across these huge beautiful rivers was my first indication that something wasn't right. But learning the history is when I really came to understand their impact. In the Columbia river the fish use to be so thick that people imagined they would be able to walk across the river on the fishes backs. Today there is a much smaller fish ladder and they count by hand the number of fish that swim through. And they actually have to truck fish from one side of these dams to the other side. That means they take fish out of the water put them in semi-truck like vehicles called "tank trucks" and drive them to the other side of the dam to release them. You can see an article here about it. Again, I am not a environmentalist, but sometimes, something has to be done...
And besides all of that, it is just kind of fun to have the lights out and light the candles every now and then.
If you would like to join me you can sign up at Earthhour.org.