I am conservative, thrifty, cheap. Is this the reason I like to cook outside? In my head I think I'm saving the universe; with the elimination of indoor cooking heat we can postpone turning on the a/c by a week or two. This is certainly to eliminate world hunger, national deficit, energy crisis, or any political platform issue I wish to list. As is obvious I am rather ignorant of political platform  issues, because I'm busy cooking outside!