I think the damn things should be illegal.
I too live in an icebox; people that opt to live in places like this should employ jackets, hats, and gloves, not remote starters.
When I see the rows upon rows of idling SUVs and Pickups that have been running long enough to completely clear every speck of ice and are surely as hot as a sauna inside, I wonder if these puss ies are really the descendants of the hardy stock that homesteaded the area.