> ... keeping a home steady at 75F requires about 30% more power when outside temperatures creep from 95F to 98F... many residents can’t afford higher energy bills. Sharp rises in energy demand stress electrical grids: in 2021, a heatwave in the Pacific north-west triggered rolling blackouts.. at least 600 deaths... urban heat islands, where asphalt traps more heat...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/air-conditioning-protect-extreme-heat
#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChaos #GlobalWarming #UrbanHeatIslands #AsphaltJungle
\HT @DoomsdaysCW

The doc’s downfall isn’t girls, it’s trusting fellow Germans. #AsphaltJungle #TCMParty

The scraps of his torn suicide note blown by the blast of the gun. Such a nice shot. #AsphaltJungle #TCMParty

“Run for your lives, girls, the fleet’s in! Oh, Uncle Lon, I’m so excited! Yipe!”
Marilyn Monroe channels her inner poodle. Yipe!
#AsphaltJungle #TCMParty

Gotta say, Cobby’s place is the quietest, loneliest bookie joint I ever saw, in movies. #AsphaltJungle #TCMParty

Gänsedistel blüht noch einmal. Aber ganz sicher bin ich mir nicht, ob die nicht erst jetzt blüht, weil die anderen Pflanzen, die da im Sommer siedelten, weg sind. #Ruderalflur #Lifeinthecracks #Stadtnatur #Stuttgart #AsphaltJungle