energy.dare blog

karentsang is the second Dare blogger to join the energy.dare experiment.  You can find her wordpress blog at karenputsmoreclotheson.wordpress.com.  Go read how she and her cat plan to hold up against the impending chill.

peejaytee is the third Dare blogger to sign up for this experiment.  Despite not being able to control the temperature in his own apartment (something that, unfortunately, many people I know suffer from, myself included), he endeavours to do other great green things like taking cooler showers and biking even in the winter.  Follow his blog at peejaytee.wordpress.com to see how he manages.

Amanda has posted day 4 results from her energy.dare experiment.  In it, she mentions a theory that her family holds:

My family has this theory that if I turn the heat on up here that will deter the heat from getting displaced so quickly in the rest of the house…but I don’t think so…I don’t know, actually…

What do you think?  Is there any valid reasoning behind this?  Amanda’s room is on the top floor, and the rest of her family members have rooms on lower floors.  Would turning up the heat just make Amanda’s room sweltering hot, while only marginally changing the temperature below?