Living in the temperate climate of Southern England, I find all these posts about the extreme weather conditions across the US quite fascinating. All the experiences of travel without the hazards and expense. 8-)
Cheers Grimer At 07:05 pm 17-01-05 -0700, you wrote: >agreed. you still have to HEAT the vehicle. and overnight, even the >best insulation is going to cool down over several hours. you simply >cant seal a car well enough > >as for the luxury demand of cooling. > >bullshiat. i live in arizona. its safer to walk than take a car with >no ac on the hotter days. when the car is hot enough inside to bake >bread (not kidding, ive done it. very tasty sourdough.) cooling is >not a luxury. we have several deaths yearly caused by traffic >accidents caused by drivers of vehicles with no ac passing out from >heat exhaustion. > > >On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:12:46 -0600, thomas malloy ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Horace Heffner posted; >> >> > >> >Cooling may be a luxury, but people in hot climates demand it. Heating on >> >the other hand, is a matter of health and safety here in Alaska. It is >> >often difficult just to keep the ice off the windshield here >> >> White man invent gas powered heater and absorption chiller. >> >> > >> >The only way to combat the heating and cooling problem is insulation, which >> >is poor to non-existent in most cars. Good thermal insulation also has the >> >> Insulation only holds heat that is in the vehicle in. >> >> > > >-- >Fairy tales are more than true: not because >they tell us that dragons exist, but because >they tell us that dragons can be beaten. >-G.K. Chesterton > >
