Every year my company's HR department sends out an email telling us to turn everything off and share stories about "the amazing things... (we)... get up to... saving the planet." I feel like I should respond -- to at least offer an alternative viewpoint. Silence seems like tacit endorsement. (After all, what kind of heretic would question this moral enlightenment?!?) These emails annoy me because we're a computer software company. Everything we do relies on energy -- consistent, reliable energy. Plus, there's hypocrisy on multiple levels: you're asked to turn your lights off for one hour. Try a week. Better yet, turn off your fridge/freezer for a few days and watch the abundance of life grow! Plus, while being asked to print less to reduce our footprint, our HR person has just returned from a world trip. We're a 100 person company. I'm not sure if this email is company policy or just an arbitrary HR effort. I've heard that it is better to register a polite disavowal rather than surrender a value in silence. But I'm concerned that an emailed response to the same company distribution group would strike a sour note. So is it moral cowardice to stay silent, or is it common sense? What should I prioritize -- smooth relationships with co-workers or the politicized pseudo-science of environmentalism? Or do I have other options?