F1 and White House
President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were the first to live in an electrified White House but were afraid of something.
What is electrocution?
Bonus question: What did they refuse to touch themselves?
This Mexican city, usually cool due to its mountain location, broke its temperature record when it reached 34.3°C in May.
What is Mexico City?
Classes were suspended in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi when temperatures reached this extreme level.
What is 50 degrees Celsius?
This is the percentage by which diesel use for electricity would be reduced on Stewart Island with the solar farm.
What is 75 percent?
Bonus question: Where is Stewart Island?
Bonus, bonus question: What is the te reo Maori name for Stewart Island?
The number of cities in Mexico recording record breaking temperatures
What is 10 cities?
The FIA wants to return to traditional engines by this year, abandoning the heavy hybrid system
What is 2030 or 2031?
India's peak power demand reached this record amount in gigawatts on April 25, straining the electrical grid.
What is 256.1 GW?
Bonus question: How big is a Gigawatt?
Bonus, bonus question: How much bigger is a gigawatt than a kilowatt?
Instead of one barge on European rivers, companies needed approximately this many trucks to transport the same amount of goods.
What is 200 trucks?
In North Canterbury, solar panels produce this much less power in winter compared to sunny days.
What is 40-50 percent?
According to the UK government definition, a household experiences fuel poverty if it must spend more than this percentage of total household income on energy to achieve a satisfactory indoor environment.
What is 10%?
Reason why President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 - 1969) had the nickname 'Light Bulb Johnson'
Who wandered the White House turning off lights in rooms he thought were empty?
In Europe, the Rhine River's water level gauge at Kaub fell to just this many centimeters, far below the 2018 record of 25cm
What is 6 centimeters?
India's renewable power generation increased by this percentage in April compared to the previous year, helping meet daytime demand.
What is 22.3 percent?
Ecuador experienced power cuts lasting more than this many hours daily during the 2024 energy crisis.
What is 12 hours?
The US embassy issued a health alert warning about a rise in stomach illnesses and diarrhea in Cuba, caused by the degradation of these two critical infrastructure systems.
What are water and energy (or electricity) systems?
Verstappen dislikes having to focus on timing this electric component and managing its recharging during races.
What is the electric boost/battery?
Mexico's health ministry reported this many heat-related deaths between March 17 and May 4 during the heat season.
What is seven deaths?
Triodos Bank estimated Europe's summer heat wave could cost the EU economy this staggering amount in euros.
What is 180 billion euros?
This is the main reason Ecuador's hydropower became unreliable in 2023-2024, causing the energy crisis.
What is drought (or less rainfall/climate change)?
In Texas, between 2021 and 2025, residential electricity prices in the ERCOT competitive retail market rose by approximately this percentage
What is 30%?
Bonus question: By how much did the monthly prices increase?
FIA President cited these three advantages of returning to V8 engines over the current hybrid system.
What are better sound, less complexity, and lighter weight?
Bonus Question: who is the FIA President?
This percentage of India's electricity comes from nuclear power in France, where reactors had to shut down due to heat-related cooling problems.
What is 70 percent?
This European country is predicted to suffer the largest economic impact from extreme heat, potentially losing 1.4 percentage points of GDP growth.
What is France?
Stewart Island residents have been waiting this long for a renewable energy solution, with multiple false starts including failed wind and hydro schemes.
What is 14 years (or more)?
In the 2023 financial year, Meridian, Contact, Genesis, and Mercury made this combined profit amount while 40,000 households had their power cut for non-payment.
What is NZ$2.7 billion?