Bless them... (6pm update)

As we near 6pm, the excitement is almost tangible. Will Dr Prescott prove to be as big a success with E-Day as his namesake was with just about everything? Has Dr Prescott got a better right jab than John? Can he play a better round of croquet?

Less than a minute to go now...


Well World Clock says it's 6pm but for some reason the E-Day counter keeps running. Maybe the counter is just behind real-time, although was there a delay at 6pm yesterday when it started? Maybe I'm being too scientific, maybe I should learn to feel more than think, my empathy levels must be reduced - probably the fault of "climate change".


The graphs are almost complete, this is very exciting; we could be near the end of the first E-Day.....


The final results:

Normal day - 1,042,714MWh
E-Day - 1,043,324MWh

All that hard work and 0.1% more electricity has been used.


Now how will Dr Prescott and the BBC spin this one?




Take a look at E-Day's thank you page, it quite brings a tear to my eye; all that hard work ending in failure.

Some of those credits were of interest to the BBC observer:
"Jon Plowman
Nothing would have been possible without Jon Plowman's vision, determination and courage. Jon did his best for Planet Relief within the BBC and stuck by me after his baby was cancelled. Thank you Jon!

BBC Comedy
Jon’s team in BBC Comedy, Justin Davies and Julia Cottrell, were also wonderful to work with and made my time with them fantastically productive and enjoyable."


Now I believe Jon Plowman left the BBC last summer, are the other two still employed by the BBC? Are licence payers paying people to work on "son of Planet Relief"?


Other credits that tickled my fancy were:

"Dave Waters
Dave Waters was also the person who suggested that Energy Saving Day should be abbreviated to E-Day"

The man's a genius, wow how did he come up with that abbreviation?


"DEFRA
Paul Chambers and Bryony Worthington were extremely helpful and reliable facilitators within the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). In particular, I am grateful for their assistance with accessing so many knowledgable and motivated people within the government's most relevant departments, specialist units and agencies."

If there are "knowledgable and motivated people" working in DEFRA, "we should have them stuffed".
It's just a shame that Dr Prescott knowledge doesn't extend to how to spell "knowledgeable".

and from the list of many many others why am I not surprised to find:

George Monbiot (Campaign Against Climate Change)