I don't want to get into a political discussion but you're correct... let's also look at when some of the LOWEST temperatures EVER were recorded:
–69F / Peter's Sink, - Feb. 1, 1985 Peter's Sink
-61F / Maybell, Colorado – Feb. 1, 1985
–60F / Tower, Minnesota - Feb. 2, 1996
-55F / Couderay, Wisconsin – Feb. 4, 1996
-47F / Elkader Iowa – Feb. 3, 1996
-37F / Shelbyville, Kentucky - Jan. 19, 1994
–36F / Congerville, Illinois - Jan. 5, 1999
-36F / Whiteplan, Indiana - Jan. 19, 1994
-34F / Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina - Jan. 21, 1985
-30F / Mountain Lake, Virginia - Jan. 22, 1985
And the coldest temperature ever recorded in the entire world:
-129 / Vostock, Antartica - July 21, 1983
In view of the foregoing, it looks like a little global warming would do us some good. And we'd better HOPE there's global warming, because it looks like our survival depends on it: In the last 800,000 we've gone through a number of ice ages lasting some 10,000 years. It has been 10,500 years since the last age, so we're clearly overdue for another one. Better all buy SUV's to SAVE the planet.
In any event, the electrical problems do not have anything to do with global warming. They have to do with increased demand, which will continue to grow. How many homes even 30 years ago had central air, PC's, plazma TV's, steam generators, bread warmers, wine coolers, halogen lighting... heck even cheapo hairdryers use 1850 watts. All this stuff uses power, and we just haven't upgrade the infrastruture.
It's as hot as hell in Saudi Arabia and Phoenix, and they deal with it without virtually no problems.
Joe
