Actually, any car will do, but a hybrid is particularly well-suited to this
application. See:
http://www.invertersrus.com/priusinverter.html
If I did not already have an emergency 3 kW generator I would get one of
these gadgets. I am thinking of getting the 75 W version, that plugs into
the dashboard DC outlet.
I have heard that this $34 "Kill-A-Watt" AC watt meter is pretty good too:
http://www.invertersrus.com/killawatt.html
I would like to buy one and send it to Mark Mills, the guy who claims that
the average personal computer consumes 1 kW. That would be pretty funny
except that resident Bush and the Wall Street Journal have quoted him, and
he has been invited to testify before Congress. He is with the Greening
Earth Society, the coal industry front organization that is trying to
convince the world that global warming is good for you.
This gives you an idea of who makes national energy policy in the U.S., and
how much they know about the subject.
- Jed
