Last summer there was an evening in which a large number of lights were turned off in the city in an attempt to save energy, and therefore, through a multitude of closely linked yet loosely proven theories, the planet.

Do not get me wrong, I am all for saving the planet. I will continue to be pro-planet, right up until the point that scientists build a spaceship that I can board to one of those planets like in Star Trek where the alien women are really fit and immediately look to get off with the first human man they see. Then the planet can go to hell for all I care.  I am all for the sweet alien ass.

So, in the interests of saving us in the short/medium term, I think turning the lights off is a good idea.

Which is why I do not understand why night-vision goggles are not more readily available? I have seen enough military movies to realise that the technology is now sufficiently advanced to make it practical. You can also get a decent second hand pair on eBay for about a hundred quid, and that would allow you to throw away every earth-destroying bulb in your house.  Probably saving some rare animal in some place somewhere in the process.

If people wore them when out and about we could also do away with street lamps, which would probably save some fish or something.

It is ignoring opportunities like this that makes people think Al Gore is just a publicity hungry moron, and not really interested in saving the planet. Otherwise he would give his lectures in the dark, whilst drawing on a blackboard, to a room full of goggle-wearing sycophants.

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