New Yorkers Flip on the ACs: Incredible Map
Posted in Climate Change, Energy on Jun 13th, 2008
[Map from NY Times.]
With the dog days of summer come the electricity demand spikes and annual annoyance with Con Ed. This incredible map from the Times reveals how energy use spiked with the season’s first (and oh-so-early) heat wave.
From the Times’ Wednesday article:
For a second consecutive day, the 96-degree heat and electricity use set records […]