Sydney people turn off their electricity to protest

Families and businesses in Australia's largest city will turn off all the lights for an hour tonight to protest excessive greenhouse gas emissions.

Historic buildings such as Sydney Harbor Bridge and Sydney Opera House will only loom under the moonlight and the yellow arches of McDonald's restaurants will ' disappear '.

About 2,000 businesses and 53,000 households in the 4 million city pledged to turn off all the electricity bulbs for 1 hour in the evening to show support for Sydney's goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 5% In the next 12 months, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), better known as WWF-Australia, the organization is currently hosting an 'Earth Hour' event.

'If all the lights are off, the port frame will look like 70, 80 years ago,' said WWF spokesman Andy Ridley.

The Opera House will only appear dimly under the moonlight tonight when electricity is turned off (Photo: sydney-photos.info)

Across Sydney, people are very excited to welcome and witness this rare opportunity. More than 250 people have booked tickets to the city's Observatory to see the night sky without electricity in hopes of looking further into the universe.

Nick Lomb, the curator of the Observatory, said the observations of Saturn would be greatly improved. He said some guests were even anxious to observe the Sydney skyline in the dark.'It is a big visual event because there are so many outdoor electric balls in big cities like Sydney,' said Lomb.

Australia is ranked among the countries with the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world due to its reliance on thermal power plants.

Thanh Hao