Hang on - here's one from the French angle, but it's also caught on in

Belgium, Germany and Holland - maybe more.

Even the trains will turn the heating off for those 5 mins.

I'd have thought we'd consume more power turning stuff back on than leaving them on for 5 minutes - never mind the surge when they all come back on:

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Posted By: Steve in Holland on February 1st 2007 at 16:13:14

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Is the UK taking part in this ridiculous 5 minutes "lights out" action tonight ? (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 15:51:14
- Carrow Road (NCFC) - Nanny McPrags, Feb 1, 16:19:23
- oh boo hoo, everyone should have thought about you for 5 minutes instead (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 16:02:41
  - You two still at it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tim Westwood, Feb 1, 16:10:52
- linkage? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Feb 1, 16:00:06
  - Hang on - here's one from the French angle, but it's also caught on in (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 16:13:14
    - first i've heard of that but... (NCFC) - blindasabat, Feb 1, 16:38:49
  - Only in Dutch I'm afraid (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 16:09:04
- Is this a protest against the gravy train EU. ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Feb 1, 15:54:34
  - No, environmental stuff I think (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 16:17:11
- do it almost every night here (NCFC) - Tomblander, Feb 1, 15:53:23

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