At 8:30 p.m. yesterday, in the U.S. and around the world, around one billion people switched off their lights for one hour as a political statement against climate change and fossil fuels, and in support of carbon cuts and renewable energy. This feel-good exercise not only does absolutely nothing for the planet, but it ignores the reality that what the world’s poorest need right now is more light and energy, much of which will be powered by fossil fuels, not darkness.
Earth Hour is bad for the poor
