[mbarker12474]

The chart has also become a media myth. But is it true?

Hunh?

[dhs12345]

The highly respected scientist/political activist Al Gore said it was a done deal so no one checked the numbers.

[dhs12345]

Did they include the brown outs, when power was off for the whole city? That has got to be a lot of power. :)

Seems like they were having a few brown outs not too long ago. Maybe now people are afraid to turn the switch on as they might be that last watt of power that brings the power grid to its knees.

[tpmintx]

It helps a great deal when your major metropolitan areas are located in extremely temperate areas.

• How many heating-degree days are there in the Los Angeles or San Francisco metro areas?
• - Now compare that to say, the top 2 metro areas in the rest of the country.
• How much cooling demand is there in the LA and SF areas?
• - Compare THAT to the same 2 metro areas.

I have lived in the SF Bay area, in a home that did not even have an air conditioner. We almost never needed the furnace in 4 years of living there.

Energy efficiency is easy when you don't actually NEED any.

[Deek]

I learned the hard way that older homes require less energy after moving into an air-tight condo.

While the condo's AC may be more efficient than an old house, in my old house I didn't need to run the AC nearly as much. The old house was designed to allow for the opening of doors and windows to keep the house cool at night or when the temps were moderate.

In the condo, I find myself having to run the AC even when the outside temps are in the 60's.