Good things happen in the dark

The city of Boston has chosen to adopt the global Lights Out initiative beginning March 15th of the upcoming year. The idea centers on combating climate change. The city's light supply will be interrupted for 1 hour and the residents are asked to wing it in the dark, aside from the guidance of 1 fluorescent bulb. San Francisco had their "earth hour" the other night and it's been speculated that during this hour, San Fran saves 15% of the energy it consumes on a typical Saturday night. Those crunchy-granola folk may have been more excited about the opportunity to fine tune their seances but it's still pretty incredible, no? Boston may be a little slow on the uptake but we come around.