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[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 […]

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[Photo: air conditioners- bklyn heights by flickr user bondidwhat]

Holy smokes.  We think it’s warm enough already.  And while we’re hoping this’ll be it for the summer (the yet-to-formally-begin summer), we imagine there’ll be plenty of dog days ahead.  Cue up Erik Baard’s column from last year’s Village Voice about how to survive the urban heat […]

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