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Typical winter weather around here ranges between 0 and 20-some degrees F.
If it gets below 0 F, that's pretty darn cold, but usually only a few days like that a winter.
A block heater would definately be used at home. Right now, I don't have any spare garage space. My wife's car is on one side, and my electric car on the other of a two car garage (crummy, detached, uninsulated garage...)
I wouldn't want to have to kick my wife's car out of there to put a diesel in just to make it start in the morning.
I would typically NOT be able to plug in a block heater at work (there simply ARE NO EXTERIOR outlets there!) or other locations I would drive out to.
I could imagine insulating the fuel tank, adding battery powered heaters, etc. to make this all work.
EDIT: I just looked up the weather report for Scott, LA - Low of 53! You have it easy down there! It's 21F here right now, and that's not cold yet!
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