SH> I don't ever remember seeing forced air heat in Europe but I certainly
 SH> remember hot water radiators.  Those are certainly in use here but the
 SH> forced air system is simpler and cheaper.

Aren't you then stuck with only oil for heating it?
And when the oilprice rise you have to pay.

 SH> I actually forgot the .com as it is likely an American site but try this:

The site existed with .ca but under construction but I will make a new try.

 SH> I used my in-car heater in Yellowknife when the car was parked outside
 SH> without any shelter but we have a carport here so I haven't bothered for
 SH> years.

The Chevy S 10 is parked just outside and it's nice to get in a warm car with
a warm engine. The wifes car, a Opel Omega Caravan, we have in the garage.

 BF>> I use Cooper tires.

 SH> I'd never heard of them until I looked them up on the Web.  I syuspect
 SH> that they are not sold in Canada.

Strange. A very nice tire, especially made for Pick-ups in USA.

 SH> We call them studs but my car's tires are not studded.  See the following
 SH> URL:

Will do that to.

 SH> Studs are banned in a number of U.S. states and Canadian provinces so it's
 SH> easier not to have them.

Isn't this a problem for you, not to have the same regulation in all the country?
They are allowed in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway but the Norwegian
are a bit strange. They don't allow them in Oslo.
And if you go to Norway in a truck you also have to have chains, not on but
with you
And if we go to Germany they are not allowed so if you go there often you have
to have winter tires without studs. Otherweise you have to break the law, either
in Sweden or Germany.

 SH> We have groundwater but one may have to go a long way down for it
 SH> depending on where one lives.

Around here there is groundwater all over between 50 to 100 m.

 SH> Sorry, but I'll save the cost of the well and live with the City stuff.

Have you ever tasted "real" water?

 SH> How does 4000 litres translate into 4 m3?

1 000 l = 1 m3. That's the metric system. 1m x 1m x 1m, there you have m3.
Make a box that's 1 m broad, 1 m high and 1m deep and fill it with water and
it will contain 1 000 l = 1 m3 and that is 1 qubic(3) m.
And if you remove one 1m and only have 1m x 1m that will be m2 and the you
get square m and that's a area one m broad and one m deep.

 SH> We haven't gone there yet and are unlikely to.  People are already put off
 SH> enough with having to take tanks out of the ground.

 I think we are far ahead the rest of the world in environment protection, for better
or for worse.

//Bj”rn

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