electricity
An Electronic Jerky Blaster Isn't Such a Good Idea
Adam Weinstein · 05/15/14 12:40PMHamilton Nolan · 11/13/13 09:46AM
NYC power company Con Ed has the highest electricity prices in the nation—"more than twice the national average price." Fuckers.
Get Ready for More Blackouts
Hamilton Nolan · 08/13/13 08:57AMThe Washington Monument Is Temporarily Awesome Again
Tom Scocca · 07/10/13 02:38PM
Most of the time, the heart of our nation's capital is a monument to monumentalism, the neoclassical ostentatiously trying to pass itself off as the eternal. But for a few years at the end of the 20th century, the architectural stasis was interrupted by something weird and charming: the Washington Monument became a light-up cartoon version of itself.
Americans Aren't Using Enough Electricity
Hamilton Nolan · 01/03/13 10:10AM
If there's one thing that made this country great for the last two hundred years, it's the utility companies that built huge, fossil-fuel-burning power plants to pump out all the electricity this hungry, greedy nation could use. And how do we repay these fine industrialists now? By slowing down our electricity use. Is this Russia?
There's a Decent Chance the Sun Will Fry the Entire Internet and Lay Waste to Civilization
Max Read · 02/29/12 03:46PM
So, there's about a one-in-eight chance that sometime in the next decade the sun will unleash a massive solar fart and blow up the internet and all the computers, more or less:
No Blackout...So Far
Hamilton Nolan · 07/06/10 04:04PM
Here is some unequivocally good news: The AP reports that New York's power grid is holding up "...So Far." Direct quote! Plus, "electricity demand typically jumps between 5 and 6 o'clock." That's, let's see...now! Everything's fine...so far. [Pic via]
Reduced Power in Brooklyn; ConEd Asks Residents to Turn Off A/C
Max Read · 06/29/10 01:29AMBrownout! ConEd says it's decreasing voltage to some parts of Brooklyn by 8 per cent.