Date:         Wed, 9 Jun 2010 23:11:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What is camping anyway?
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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  Hey I 'camped' a whole winter in Aspen, Co. in my split window bus..back
in the day...No heat at all, not even when the engine would start and run.
Would I have used a heater if I had one?  Dang right!

  Would I want AC if I were camping right now in the desert?  Sure...but if
I had any sense, I'd go camping in the mountains instead, or at the
seashore.
 Or I would have an RV with a controllable inside climate....and I would go
RVing..

  What a silly thread.
  Don Hanson

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote:
>  I don't seem to hear this argument about putting
> > a Propex or other heater in our vans so why do we have it about a/c.
> >
> > I remain, as always
> > YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,
>
> I think a part of the difference is the degree to which one impacts others
> (at least for me that is a consideration).  The Propex is a luxury, and
> intrudes between us and nature (as does the van in the first place), but not
> so much as hooking up to an electrical outlet and firing up an air
> conditioner does.  It also uses a miniscule amount of fossil fuel compared
> to that used to generate the electricity that drives the air conditioner.
>
> I still don't have  a Propex or other heater -- am still considering, and
> environmental costs are always a consideration for me.  So far, with winter
> camping in mild winter weather (down to well below freezing, perhaps to 10 F
> at coldest), I have been ok with down bag, hot coffee and tea, and activity.
>  But, I am still considering the Propex.  I'm not considering air
> conditioning.
>
> David McNeely
>