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> Sure it's sustainable. Wear a jacket indoors. Won't kill you. Right. That's why we have technology and other advanced things, to live like cavemen used to.
by ExoticPearTree 4y ago
> Sure it's sustainable. Wear a jacket indoors. Won't kill you.
Right. That's why we have technology and other advanced things, to live like cavemen used to.
Not everybody lives at the right latitude to have 22 degrees Celsius indoors without additional heating in the winter.
- pyrale 4y agoI believe the idea from above poster is not that you should stop heating and "live like a caveman", but that many people would make great savings by wearing a wool sweater on top of their t-shirt and turning the temp down a couple degrees. As a case in point, I never spent a winter with 22°c indoors, usually it's around 18-19°c. That being said, as someone else said, controlling humidity is also a concern for the long-term viability of buildings.
- ExoticPearTree 4y agoAnything under 21 during night for me makes it uncomfortable to sleep. At 22 for me it is the perfect temperature and in the winter I wear a normal clothes, too cold for t-shirts at 22.
- hoorible 4y agoJesus, I got uncomfortable just reading this. 21 at night would be insufferable for us (we’re in western Canada). 17 at night, 19.5 during the day is as hot as our house has ever been in winter; though with a new baby I suspect that might change by 0.5 for a while.
- theodric 4y agoI'm in Ireland. My ancient cottage gets down to about 13°C with every-other-day heating, even if it's 0° outside. Rarely colder. I do indeed just wear a jacket or a sweater, and I have a heated blanket on the couch. You get used to it and start to prefer it! If it were 22° in here I'd be in a T-shirt opening windows to let some heat out.
- adriancr 4y ago22 degrees is pretty hot honestly, t-shirt and shorts temperature, is that what you're used to? I'm currently happy at 18, it's pretty nice if you're a bit active.
- osigurdson 4y agoMaybe we can just agree on this: set the temperature in your home to whatever temperature you feel like. Depending on the setting that might be more or less expensive but that is an optimization problem for you to solve, not others. Don't pretend you are some kind of climate change martyr because you are wearing a sweater.
- adriancr 4y ago> Don't pretend you are some kind of climate change martyr because you are wearing a sweater. Where did i say or imply any of that?
- osigurdson 4y agoThis is more of a general comment on an emergent theme of many comments on this post. Not directly at anyone in particular.