BTW, If one was already profoundly hypothermic, would it be unwise to fart?

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Heat doesn't come from nowhere. If a fart increases the temperature of the room, then it must decrease the temperature of the body it escaped from.

So, if you're freezing, you should hold on to those little hugs of warmth as long as possible.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Expelling gas removes that bit of thermal energy (heat) from your system, but it shouldn’t alter your temperature in any way. Next, the warm gas mixes with air. The new gas mixture will have more heat than it had before, which will increase its average temperature a little bit. Probably not an easily measurable effect.

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