At 12:09 PM 1/18/5, thomas malloy wrote:
and Horace Heffner responded;
>You people need to visit J C Whitney's website and look for a gas powered heater. I'm glad to hear that only a few of you are freezing to death in your cars!
Actually, so few people freeze here because they enough common sense to carry emergency arctic gear.
Throwing more hydrocarbon energy at a hydrocarbon energy problem is not a solution.
IMHO, it is way more energy efficient to have a gas powered heater / absorption refrigerator built into the auto for the few times when you will need it than upsize the engine and use the waste heat.

