Re: Suspension losses

On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:58:35 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 1/13/2025 12:06 PM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:

You, as a person, don't need or consume heat. Somewhat simplified, you
need a certain range of temperatures.  In the ideal case, you don't need
any additional energy, because your body already produces heat. A little
bit of isolation, perhaps provided by that very blanket, might be
sufficient. 

>
And, I suppose, we could do away with all home heating, and just wear
very heavy clothing all winter. But I don't know of anyone doing that.

I'm currently doing something similar to save firewood, which costs
about $500/cord delivered.  My bed has multiple layers of blanket and
a goose feather duvet.  During the day at home, I wear a padded jacket
and fleece lined pants.  I'm constantly moving around so I tend to
warm myself.  I usually wear a wool hat indoors to keep my head warm.
At about sundown, the temperature drops sufficiently to require
additional heat.  The wood burner runs in the evening for about 5 hrs
until I fall into the bed.  If I have guests during the day, I start a
fire in the wood burner.  The reason this works for me is that the
temperatures are quite mild during most of the winter.

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