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THOUSANDS of West Australians will be slugged up to $50 or more for winter power bills next month after another electricity price rise and a record cold snap.

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[Washington Post admits: Summers were really hot, even before I bought that iPhone charger] - In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning

Shorter summer business hours and month-long closings -- common in pre-air-conditioned America -- return.
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Best of all, Washington's biggest business -- government -- is transformed. In 1978, 50 years after air conditioning was installed in Congress, New York Times columnist Russell Baker noted that, pre-A.C., Congress was forced to adjourn to avoid Washington's torturous summers, and "the nation enjoyed a respite from the promulgation of more laws, the depredations of lobbyists, the hatching of new schemes for Federal expansion and, of course, the cost of maintaining a government running at full blast."

Flashback: Brrr…It’s Cold in Here! « On The Scene « FOXNews.com

It seemed like a straightforward assignment: Get over to the United Nations and check out their new “Cool U.N.” plan, part of the organization’s effort to lower energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
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I mistakenly entered Ban’s conference room upon arrival – actually, so did a number of other reporters – only to find it as chilly as a meat locker. “COOL U.N.” indeed.

That led to some rather heated informal questioning of the U.N. boss after we were brought into the room where he was to discuss his ostensibly energy-saving initiative. Here’s how it went:

ME: Quick question, Secretary General. I notice this room is warm, but the room next door, the conference room, felt like an icebox. Why is the room next to this one so cold?

BAN: I have been feeling at times very warm in this room. So I had to move sometimes to my next door conference room.

ME: It’s like a meat locker in there.

BAN: Next door will be set at 77 degrees.