I am in the process of ordering one for my own car.
Cheers, Peter.
: > > > Well i'm going to take comfort in the fact that Ontario uses quite : clean : > > > nuclear plants to produce my electricity, at quite a low rate... and : > even if : > > > my rates were doubled blocks heaters are ridiculously cheap to run... : I : > > > think I calculated it out to around 20 bucks a year, at MOST. : > > >
: > > > I'd rather the car have an easier time starting... I've started a : diesel : > > > motor at -35C... it isn't pretty, yes IT DOES IT, but there is a lot : of : > > > smoke from the pipe, and the engine just doesn't want to give more : then : > > > maybe 10-25% power for a while... For gasoline engines, yah not really : a : > big : > > > deal, they start pretty easy... But they do help things, and aren't : too : > > > expensive, so why not use one when it's below freezing. : > >
: > > You might want to look down the road at the Nanticoke coal fired : > > generating station on the north shore of Lake Erie, the largest single : > > source polluter in all of Canada. Our friends in Western Pa. and New : > > York really appreciate it. Here's something on electricity produced : > > from coal in Ontario: : > >
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: > > -- : > > Mike F. : > > Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. : > >
: > > NOTE: new address!! : > > Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. : > > (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.) : >
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