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Phoenix heat wave broke record for electricity demand again and again and again::Phoenix’s hottest month in history led to multiple record-breaking days for electricity usage. 

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[–] Adeptfuckup 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m sure it’s fine. Hey have you seen the new Ferd Canyonero?? It only comes in two colors gun metal and black. I got gun metal. Cyclist are a menace and cause my SUV to catch woke cancer! Now everything is in metric! How are we to save fetuses now that atheists have a meter stick! shakes fist at Canada. ‘Whyyyyy??!!’

[–] FordBeeblebrox 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You got the Canyonero? Well I hear it seats 35! I think that’s also 35 metric people but you never know what those woke hippies get up to. Next they’ll be asking for same metric sized bathrooms and voting rights…ahhh!

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety 2 points 2 years ago

Hahaha... This sounds like it came from a radio station in GTA3. Well done!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its almost like living in the desert is a bad idea or something.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] HR_Pufnstuf 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So put up solar panels and quit complaining. :)

[–] hansl 8 points 2 years ago

Even better; make Phoenix a geo thermal power station.

[–] reddig33 10 points 2 years ago

This isn’t going to change, so you might as well invest in more electrical infrastructure now.

[–] _finger_ 2 points 2 years ago

Southwest is entirely fucked CMV