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Few lights remain switched on for an hour in the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila in the Philippines, during last year's Earth Hour. BULLIT MARQUEZ/AP

INFOGRAPHIC: How much energy could Earth Hour actually save?

Will you be turning off the lights at 8:30pm?

TONIGHT MARKS the seventh annual Earth Hour – where people across the world turn off all non-essential lights for an hour to raise awareness about the threat of climate change.

Originating in Australia in 2007, the event has been marked worldwide since 2009 – when the Irish government got in on the act and started turning off the lights at Government Buildings and other major public landmarks.

The folks at Jones Oil – who two weeks ago helped us illustrate Ireland’s oil usage – have put together another infographic to put into context how much energy would be saved if everyone around the world turned off unnecessary lights for just 60 minutes.

(We recommend that readers on mobile devices click here to view the image full-size, and turn their devices to landscape mode.)

Infographic: How does oil get to Ireland?

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    Sep 5th 2011, 7:53 PM

    Was that not last weeks news?

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    Sep 5th 2011, 9:08 PM
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    Sep 5th 2011, 8:40 PM

    If I was a cynic I would suggest that apple are handing their prototypes over to the offices biggest piss head before a launch in the knowledge that he will loose it at a bar and create controversy. I love the thought that it was the same guy who lost it last year. "How many chances do we have to give you Bob?"

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    Sep 5th 2011, 8:19 PM

    I know where they’ll find it…. in any phonestore…under the name Samsung Galaxy S II.

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    Sep 6th 2011, 9:24 AM

    How could that be?

    The Samsung Galaxy SII (apart from all of its different features, such as an antenna that works, face that doesn’t shatter when dropped from 12″, weighs less than 34lbs, has a screen bigger than a stamp) has already been launched, whereas the iPhone 5 is still in production.

    Anyway does *anyone* really know what an iPhone actually looks like – any I’ve ever seen have been enclosed in massive rubber/plastic protective cases.

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    Sep 5th 2011, 8:06 PM

    Holy sh**! Apple have now for the same search and sieze powers as customs? Apple Stormtroopers??

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    Sep 5th 2011, 9:13 PM

    One big pr stunt for apple.loose iphone once is a mistake.But twice is a joke.

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    Sep 5th 2011, 9:25 PM

    for a week old story, this is missing allot of the main points. there are questions over whether the apple employees were impersonating police officers, whether the Apple employees were bullying the residents by questioning their legal status in the states, why the police initially denied the event, why the police acted without a report being filed and why have they gone to such an extent to assist Apple, when it is very unlikely the same treatment would be givin if for instance samsaung has lost one of their phones in a pub. also, this is the second time Apple have lost a prototype phone in a pub… neither were stolen, yet Apple treats people who find them as criminals.

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    Sep 5th 2011, 11:43 PM

    In Ireland anyway if you find something and don’t hand it over to the authorities they it is a criminal offense.

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    Sep 5th 2011, 10:28 PM

    Top marks to Apple’s PR company! Get everyone talking about the new product weeks before it’s launched. Simples!

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    Sep 6th 2011, 8:32 AM

    I’m just astonished about the amount of people who can’t spell the word "lose".

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    Sep 6th 2011, 9:14 AM

    Why? Have a look at all the "they’re, there, their" no one seems to have a clue in Ireland which one is which.

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    Sep 6th 2011, 6:41 AM

    Publicity stunt any1 working for apple would not be stupid enough to lose something that valuable in a bar

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    Sep 6th 2011, 8:37 AM

    Two guarantees in life, after death and taxes, every new U2 album will be "leaked" and every new iPhone will be "lost in a bar".

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