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While the act of turning out the lights for Earth Hour is largely considered to be symbolic, if you happen to be someone who's really hoping to cut down on your greenhouse gas emissions, you might want to reconsider your lighting options. According to EcoGeek, living by candlelight for an hour might not be so eco-friendly after all.

In order to equal the light provided by one 40 Watt incandescent bulb, you would need to burn 40 candles -- which releases 10 times more CO2 emissions. Of course, most people participating in Earth Hour won't be burning 40 candles in their home, but there's a lesson here somewhere. Perhaps, the lesson is: don't examine well-intended traditions too closely if you want to really enjoy them. Or maybe its just that technology, while it may be destructive in some ways, is still pretty amazing and under appreciated by most.

I'm not sure if this defies the spirit of Earth Hour or not, but it seems like an LED head lamp would be a pretty energy-efficient -- yet still useful -- compromise.

[via Treehugger]