Mary Yugo wrote:
I suggest they start by asking him why he and Focardi are freezing
their buns off in a room in which a running fusion reactor is present,
supposedly making 10 to 15 kW of thermal energy.
That reactor produced 5 to 8 kW, not 15 kW. It was in a large, drafty
room. 8 kW = 27,000 BTU/h which is nowhere near enough to heat a large
room. It is about the same as a kerosene heater such as this one:
DuraHeat 23,000 BTU Portable Kerosene Heater
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/building-materials-heating-venting-cooling-heaters-portable-heaters/duraheat-23-000-btu-portable-kerosene-heater-159784.html
This kind of heater was used in houses in Japan in the 1970s. It is not
enough to keep a house comfortable in winter. You would hardly notice
one blazing away in a warehouse, a barn, a classroom lecture hall, or
the women's dormitory at Okayama U. -- which was, in fact, a barn,
formerly occupied by Imperial Japanese Army horses. I wore a coat in
such places, and I always had a cold.
A 2000 sq. ft. house in Atlanta calls for a 45,000 BTU/h heater.
Kerosene heaters are really dangerous, by the way. Picturesque but
dangerous.
- Jed
