March 25, 2010...6:44 pm
TNB to sue WWF over
Earth Hour
KUALA LUMPUR — Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(TNB), Malaysia’s premier energy provider today announced that they were
taking legal action against the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) for
organising the Earth Hour, a global movement that makes a stand against
climate change by turning off all non-essential lights and electrical
equipment for an hour every year.In a Press conference, TNB president and CEO
Dato’ Sri Che Khalib Mohd Noh said that the annual worldwide symbolic
gesture, which this year would be observed this Saturday at 8.30pm, is
nothing more than an ‘arrogant and thoughtless viral movement’ aimed to
hurt power companies such as TNB.
CHE KHALIB: These people are
inconsiderate
“Obviously these green-minded fellows think
they’re really cute, organising such an irresponsible campaign,” said
Che Khalib angrily. “They say ‘turn off your lights for an hour’ and
people do. I bet that really makes them feel all
powerful.
“What these western colonialists fail to grasp
is how such drastic action affects the poor companies like us. One hour
of unused electricity means an hour of wastage for TNB. Did you know
that last year’s Earth Hour costed us millions in unrealised revenue?”
asked Che Khalib, seething.
“How do you think that affected our production?
We couldn’t exactly turn off our power plants just because a large
number of Malaysians turn off their lights at the same time. So imagine
all that wasted energy.
“This year, we expect even more people to fall
for this global con-job,” added Che Khalib. “So there’ll be more lights
turned off. KL alone would be engulfed in darkness. Yes, sure, it may
seem fun to some, running around in complete darkness. But that also
means TNB would get less money. Tell me, what am I supposed to say to
the kids of this electrical technician when we can’t give bonus this
year?” asked Che Khalib, as he pointed to a TNB staff manning the lights
for the Press conference.
He added, “In light of such inconsiderate
actions by these tree huggers, TNB has no choice but to take legal
action against the Earth Hour organisers, WWF. We’ll wait for our
accountants to come back with the loss figure after this year’s Earth
Hour, and we plan to sue them for that same amount. We may even add
a hundred million ringgit or so, to teach them a
lesson.”
Che Khalib also reminded Malaysians to ignore
the Earth Hour, calling it a ‘cultural invasion, a concerted
assault by extreme liberal forces aimed to destabilise poorer
nations’.
“We are Malaysians, and we should be proud of
our lights. Every night we should go out and see the beautiful sparkling
lights in our city skylines. Don’t be ashamed of the lights,” said Che
Khalib, as he unveiled a set of pictures showing the Petronas Twin
Towers and the surrounding buildings consequently going dark during last
year’s Earth Hour.
DARK TIMES: KLCC buildings going dark last
year
