Comments on: A Load of Crap

By: Misty Fowler

Misty Fowler — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:48:00 +0000

Jason,

I haven’t heard anything from them. I will try again, though.

By: Jason The

Jason The — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:06:00 +0000

Any word from the Bloghive people yet? I think they sometimes miss requests, and can be a bit slow to respond.

I read your post from today about women bloggers and I think that is one more reason you need to be on there! That's a fairly important discussion to have, and you are the first to bring attention to it.

If they don't get back to you, maybe we could get a "Put Saintless On the Hive" petition going.

By: Misty Fowler

Misty Fowler — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:20:00 +0000

I submitted myself to Bloghive a couple of months ago, but since I’m not there, I figure they don’t want me. I don’t know what NewsNet is, though. I’ll look it up.

By: Jason The

Jason The — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:33:00 +0000

Was gonna ask the same thing. I don't see your posts on the Bloghive or NewsNet.

You should be on there, though. This post deserves the readership.

I noticed Tom at KVNU (the one I like to call "the smart one") has put your response up in a post of it's own.

Well said.

By: Voice of Utah

Voice of Utah — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Misty, Lights Out has had the same effect in my household. We have started unplugging electronic items even when they’re off, and we’ve been extra diligent about lights, and just overall more mindful about saving energy.

P.S. You know what’s funny about the Huntsman/voucher thing? About every third word in the PCE radio ad is “Governor Huntsman.” There’s no mention of the legislature — which tells you how PCE perceives Huntsman’s popularity vs. our esteemed legislature’s.

P.P.S. Are you on the bloghive?

By: Misty Fowler

Misty Fowler — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:52:00 +0000

I can’t agree with you on that one, actually. There may have been no effect on the power grid, but that wasn’t exactly the point of the whole thing. A single hour on a single night really isn’t anything in the grand scheme of things. But, since I wasn’t home at the time, my boyfriend went ahead without me to begin Lights Out. He has always known about doing things like unplugging phone adapters and other various powered items, because they draw power even when they’re not really in use. (He’s got a degree in electronics) But, when he did Lights Out, he thought about how many “little” things like that were around the house, and we’ve put in power strips so that we can cut the power to items like that, and we’re both far more conscious about turning out lights than we had been before. I got rid of a coffee pot that kept water heated all the time. Things like that will have an effect, because it helps change the overall attitude of society. Even if only 5% of Salt Lake did anything for Lights Out, maybe next time it’ll be 10%, and the conscious thought about this will continue to grow.

And you’re welcome for not calling you names. It wasn’t you particularly that I was frustrated with, it’s people in general, yours just happened to be the blog that put it over the top for that day. :)

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:32:00 +0000

I’m glad you refrained from calling me a ^*)$%&@.

We can disagree on the potential effects of climate change, but we should agree that the actions Huntsman is taking will have little effect on the issue. Especially the lights out thing. Rocky Mountain Power confirmed that it had no effect.