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So if I set my thermometer to a super warm luxury temperature, my neighbors have to pay for that?
by spoonjim 5y ago
So if I set my thermometer to a super warm luxury temperature, my neighbors have to pay for that?
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoYeah, a bit of that... but they use less of their own heat, since you are heating their apartments too.
- lordofgibbons 5y agoIt kind of makes sense. If you turn yours really high, your neighbor doesn't need to turn theirs as high anymore because you will be warming up their apartment
- Aerroon 5y agoBut this assumes that more heat = good is always true. What if it isn't? If you're running a whole bunch of computers in one of the rooms then extra heat from your neighbor might actually be harmful rather than helpful.
- iudqnolq 5y agoA judge made a similar point during in a court case about whether animals have property rights (I believe it was Cetacean Community v U.S). They said "if animals have the rights of humans wouldn't they then have then responsibilities?" Wouldn't you then be able to sue a monkey for not maintaining a stream bed such that it floods you?
- loa_in_ 5y agoIt just assumes that more heat needs more fuel therefore more cost. It's a finite resource. What you do with the heat is irrelevant
- shukantpal 5y agoYes, but the point is that you're paying for something you didn't want.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoThat's the reality of multiapartment buildings. People at lower levels don't want to pay for elevator repair, and also don't want to pay for roof repair... people higher up don't care about people parking directly infront of ground level windows, and that the floors at ground level are usually cold(er).
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoYes and no. Yes, they pay for some of your consumption, but if the formula is accurate, they save that (or more) because the heat leaking from your appt into theirs means they can heat less.