I must be strange because I love cold weather. I ski loads and I'm always going on holidays to the coldest locations. I've also never been able to wrap my head around how Chill Factore manage to emulate such cold conditions, it's insane to me.
battery disposal is very damaging for the environment. Whilst I believe they will be better in terms of air pollution, I think they're not the perfect solution by a long stretch
Whilst I'm not crazy for our British February weather, a least it's a lot more predictable than other places. I went to NYC last week and it was 17 degrees one day, then it was 1 degree the next.