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Ryland · 12-09-2010, 12:43 AM

I'm wondering if anyone has kept track of how much energy their block heater is using and how much gas they are saving because of it.
Could you compare a block heater on a gasoline car to a plug in hybrid? both use gasoline but both save gas by being plugged in, so I wonder how many KWH per mile you get in a gasoline car by plugging it in.

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