Australia has been battling a severe drought the past few months, and we are urged by the various governments to consume as little water as we can. Yesterday electricity was added to the list. Bushfires are still tormenting large parts of the state of Victoria, yesterday causing one of the main power supply lines to the state to switch off, leaving half of Melbourne without power. Trains and trams were severely effected and over 1200 traffic lights in the city went black.

With all this going on the state government has kindly requested we take it easy with our power consumption and has hinted at the possibility that electricity wasters might be fined up to $10,000. Considering that it was 31 degrees at the coolest of the night, and the mercury has climbed up to 36 already again for today, I wouldn’t mind turning the aircon on, but I guess I’ll try to be a good boy today and save power.