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There are a number of big box retailers with a national, or even international presence. Home Depot has 2,335 locations, Walmart has 10,586 stores worldwide. Target operates 1,956 discount department stores in the US. Lowe's Companies, Inc. has 1,969 home improvement stores in the US and Canada. Costco Wholesale Corporation has 838 stores around the world.
All of these facilities, and many other similar units of other retailers, are heated and air conditioned year around. In most cases the HVAC is operated remotely from the corporate headquarters. Since they've all been in operation for some years and generally follow a similar design, the corporate records will have shown any changes in demand for heating and cooling through gas and electric consumption and the price paid for this energy.
It would be easy for the all-powerful government to demand the records of utility usage by the country's biggest retailers and determine, by the kwh or btus consumed, if the climate has changed and by how much. In fact, it's difficult to believe that some bureaucratic agency hasn't already retrieved this information and analyzed it. If not, why not? And, if so, why don't we know about it?
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The facilities management people at Home Depot should be well aware of changes in the HVAC demands of all their properties since those changes have a direct effect on their bottom line. They actually know if the climate is changing and how much.
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