[Greenbuilding] heretical observation

[Anne Judge]

On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Corwyn wrote:

> On 6/5/2012 12:58 PM, Gennaro wrote:
>> Technically that is a quadruple bam. Exercise, lower fridge bill, lower
>> heating bill from lower thermostat setting AND heating from your body.
> 
> This only works if you can find food which is cheaper per BTU than whatever you are heating with.  For Americans in aggregate, this isn't even remotely likely.  As I am sure is known to all here, it takes about 10 BTUs of fossil fuel to make 1 BTU of food in the American agro-business system.   Do the 'Bam' math for yourself.

Plus you're likely to live longer with all that exercise, and that's not very green.  Think of all the extra resources that will consume!

Anne