Air Conditioning Outdoors No Longer Legal in New York City

Like many towns, NYC has struggled in recent years to keep up with energy demand, particularly as the population keeps growing. Almost everyone is connected to the almighty Grid, and it's obvious that energy hogs can result in high prices, intermittent service and even brownouts or blackouts for others.

Going further, it's possible that ending a practice that seems blatantly wasteful and over the top to some may encourage others to give a little more thought to conservation. Will businesses might not like more regulations, people need to realize that the age of cheap energy and ignorance about the threat of global warming is over, and people are going to have to learn to be better energy citizens.