Hollywood Loses Power b/c of Excessive Heat

And all that heat was not being produced by Brad Pitt (or, enter favorite love-to-hate, but-also- really-just-think-is-hot celebrity here). We did our part to conserve electricty today. Ivano hung out in a place that was going to be air conditioned whether he was in it or not. And I was at the beach. And when I got home, I noticed that Ivano had hung a big load of wet laundry on our drying racks in the office/guest bedroom. They were dried to a crisp. A couple of the heavy cotton shorts and shirts were smooth...as if they had been ironed. See, our heat wave is good for something...and that something is a reminder that anyone can save a butt load of electricity by drying your clothes on racks rather than in the dryer. Of course, being a suburban dorky american, I'm totally attached to the dryer. Ivano is not. He grew up in a place where clothes dry on racks and lines, not in dryers. Go ivano! What's funny about this is that I'm the one who is (vocally) worried about the huge power transmission line San Diego Gas & Electric wants to run through San Diego's Anza Borrego State Park. But Ivano is the one actually conserving the electricity in our house. And energy conservation is important for controlling future electricity demand and thus reducing the need for new power transmission lines. Whether it is wilderness, scenic rural land, suburbs or cities, nobody wants new powerlines in their backyard or areas they care about (except the people/companies that will profit off of their construction and operation).