Add to that last summer’s scorching heatwaves, which ignited an inflationary spiral as electric utilities everywhere sucked up supplies for natural gas-based generation to keep air-conditioners running full blast during peak summer demand.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2566534/ex-a-15year-high-in-natural-gas-prices-and-war-in-ukraine-are-main.html

If you didn’t use the A/C, the windshield would fog up in minutes, and the windshield defogger, while it worked well enough, only operated at full blast.

Source: https://thegrizzlygazette.com/drive/driving-the-2018-mercedes-benz-c300-wagon-too-much-work/

Saint-Maximin tears past Coufal down the left with absurd ease, the jets on full blast.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/feb/04/newcastle-v-west-ham-premier-league-live

There’s also the double whammy of high brightness settings tanking the battery life when at full blast.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/steam-deck-review/