"warm hearts, not the earth"

[lovettes_kara]

I think that is someone's Icon on this community. And it is pretty much my dilemma

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[ihaven0name]

Uh yeah I don't think heat from a heater going out a window is going to contribute to global warming.

[rumorofrain]

It's not the heat itself that's contributing to global warming, it's the fuel burned to generate the heat.

[ihaven0name]

But the post says the heaters are off. It seemed like she was just worried about letting the heat go out the window...

[rumorofrain]

Yeah, that's the heat from her downstairs neighbors' heaters, which comes from some petroleum-fueled source, which contributes significantly to global warming. Most houses' exterior walls are insulated, but not so much on the interior walls. Thus, the downstairs neighbors are basically paying to heat the entire house, so if she starts letting the accumulated heat out her windows, their heaters are going to have to work harder to keep the house at temperature, meaning more energy used and more emissions.

(On the other hand, if she's found a magical self-heating apartment house, I'm moving in!)

[ihaven0name]

ahso, ok. I totally did not put that all together.