That is a very good post fatstocks. To start of with, the post was made on the day of my deceased fathers birthday (july 11).
This is where governments can make a difference, and it is the hip pocket that makes people change their behaviour. A well insulated house, could be cooled (or heated) well before the peak times. I wonder how the arabs used to live in the middle east, before airconditioning, but they DID.