|i remember faintly a story about (big) cranes in russia, where they had a
|sequence of three heating devices (from small heater to big heater)
|starting in sequence: first a small heater heated a small motor which then
|started to drive a generator to heat the tank and the motor of the next
|bigger stage and so on...

Awhile ago, on the radio news, I heard that temperatures in Alaska
got down to -80 (not sure if that's F or C... cold either way!) and
basically if your car or furnace stopped it wasn't going to start
again until the weather warmed up.  Even a gravity-operated oil furnace
won't work too well if the oil is solidified...

Rather amusingly, however, this news report was followed (after a short
station promo) by an advertisement for Royal Carribean Cruise Lines'
Alaskan tours...


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