On March 27, the Philippines joined the entire world in a strive to save mother Earth. Earth Hour is a global effort to minimize global warming. How? Everyone can contribute simply by turning off all of their lights for an entire hour.
However, in the Philippines, especially in the city of Zamboanga, whose been experiencing power crisis for a few months now, the "hour" however was minimized to half. Why? A lot of citizens were furious when they saw tarpaulins promoting the "earth hour". We're not really against the idea, however, the entire city is already experiencing rotational brownouts which lasts for 2 hours (atleast) and this sums up to 6 or 8 hours of brownouts for a day. Isn't that already an effort of saving mother Earth from global warming? It's more than an hour, even!
The rotational brownouts is a result of the "El Niño" phenomenon. Water levels from the Hydro-Electric power plant in Agusan, which provides most of the electricity in the Zamboanga-Peninsula, have dropped.
So, why do we have to participate in Earth Hour? We're already doing our part (compulsorily)!
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