Light up New York City's electric grid by deciding how the city should conserve or produce energy.

http://www.gothamgazette.com/games/switch/games/index.php?game=switch

Gotham Gazette, Published by Citizens Union Foundation (New York, NY)

If New Yorkers continue to use electricity at the current rate, they’ll need a total of 72 million megawatt hours annually by 2030. They used about 50 million megawatt hours in 2005. With such a large gap to close the Gotham Gazette highlights the choices that need to be made: Should NYC ramp up generation? Take drastic measures to use less? Or both? Play Switch and you decide.
Switch is a matching game, like Concentration or Memory. Click on any square in the grid to turn your first card over. Then find its match. Once you find a matching pair, you get to see what that measure would do. Then you decide whether it’s right or wrong for New York City. When you’re done, “flip the switch” to see whether your slate of choices can meet the growing demand.

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