Buildings are routinely over-air conditioned in the summer, lights are left on at night, computers hum all weekend long.
If humans are still around when and if it happens it is quite likely we would survive these massive changes with air conditioning in the summer and a lot of heating in winter.
The theory behind outdoor napping is that children exposed to fresh air, whether in summer or the depths of winter, are less likely to catch coughs and colds - and that spending a whole day in one room with 30 other children does them no good at all.
The Texas power grid is usually only taxed in the middle of summer when air conditioners are in overdrive.
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Mr Liddell argues that the increased use of air conditioning, particularly in summer, is also leading to much higher fuel bills.
Brandon Belt, a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, says he relished his stint in San Jose in 2010, even though the low rungs of minor-league baseball meant seven-hour bus rides to games and balky clubhouse air-conditioning in the summer.
But Nest's more exotic services focus directly on tackling the demands of air-conditioning a home in summer.
And, sure enough, something was glittering, up there in the sky, something was shimmering, in the blue air of summer we saw it clearly, whatever it was.
Bentley Priory, in Harrow, was home to Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding's Fighter Command in the summer of 1940.
Miami, for example, has found that planting trees can help reduce air conditioning bills, for example, in summer months.
Mount your solar collectors on your roof and the roof is shaded in summer your air conditioner does not have to work nearly as hard to cool your house.
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The geothermal system heats and cools using piping that goes deep within the earth, where temperatures are warmer than outside air in the winter and cooler in the summer.
The post EU meeting euphoria that was in the air just a few weeks ago appears to have dissipated with the summer thermals over in the Old World.
For starters, Marshall, a U.S. president played by box-office king Harrison Ford in this summer's "Air Force One, " is a highly decorated Vietnam pilot.
In the open-air cafes on a warm summer's evening, Bulgarians are sipping their own cooling drinks and refreshing cocktails.
For all the tension and discomfort of the scene in the movie that takes place at the Plaza it's the one where Gatsby reveals his relationship with Daisy to her glowering husband Tom on a sweltering summer afternoon in the days before air-conditioning at least they had Central Park views.
It's late, but the summer heat is strong and hangs in the air.
But how many of Dubai's 1.6m people will give up their 1m air-conditioned cars to walk even short distances in the punishing summer heat?
The air quality was monitored during last summer's test events in Beijing, with no health problems reported and findings indicating the health of the athletes was not impaired.
"Hot and muggy weather and continuous heavy use of air conditioning remain the single largest factor affecting peak electricity demand in the summer, " Edward Schwerdt, president of the power coordinating council, told reporters on a conference call.
On peak days in the summer, when suddenly everyone cranks up their air conditioners full blast, fossil fuel generators that can be fired up on a moment's notice will be needed into the foreseeable future, Legge says.
In 2011, Adobe took another shot at improving their mobile AIR VM this summer and with a lot of pressure on Apple, the floodgates for Flash applications for iPhone were opened.
She was known for camping out each summer with the Air Force Academy freshman class, for going up in almost every kind of plane the Air Force flies, and for taking off on early-morning bicycle treks when she visited bases around the country.
The air conditioned seats were especially nice to have in this case, because of the hot summer weather.
Several utilities offer their customers the ability to receive discounts in summer months in exchange for power companies being able to temporarily suspend air conditioning service.
Their one-day plans, meanwhile, are very much up in the air but with so much one-day cricket to be played next summer, including the World Twenty20 and and a total of 10 ODIs before the Champions Trophy, there is plenty of opportunity for the selectors to have a serious rethink and muster a team which can seriously threaten to win the World Cup, now two years away.
"This summer has clearly demonstrated when there is a sniff of something in the air it devalues the whole game, and nobody wants to play cricket in those circumstances, " said Strauss.
You should also be aware that almost none of us have air conditioning: our peak energy demand is very definitely in these cold winter snaps, not in summer for cooling.
The air was thick with self-congratulation at the summer meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Providence, R.
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