Comment on Do farts at least nominally increase the overall temperature of the room in which they are extruded?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
No. Heat is defined as average kenetic energy. It doesn’t make a difference if that heat is in the atmosphere in a room, or in the body of a person in that room.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
not sure I agree. the heat contained in the body is warmer than room temp; transferring a portion of that heat out of the colon and diffusing it around the room has to bring the room’s temp up faster than the warm body (farter) transfers heat into the ambient room temp.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
If OP meant atmosphere temperature they should have said that.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
by atmosphere I mean the local atmosphere, they’re asking for the temperature of the room.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
The room contains everything in it. The walls give off radiation just as humans do.