The average person gives off 400 BTU / hr at rest. The average home requires about 10,000 - 20,000 BTU / hr to heat it during winter.

That's between 25-50 people required to heat your home.

The BTU Theater room is a room in your house with a heat exchanger where the public can watch movies for a discount in exchange for giving you their extra body heat.

Extra spicy food is also sold near cost.

(Mwah ha ha ha!)
-- Zimmy, Feb 03 2009

If these are "British" thermal units, it should be a "theatre", shirley?
-- coprocephalous, Feb 03 2009


hehe hot buns for you!!++
question - do hot babes give off more BTUs?
-- xandram, Feb 03 2009


Or turn your basement into a homeless shelter in the winter
-- BunsenHoneydew, Feb 05 2009


Decomposing detritus also generates a certain amount of heat - a similar exothermic result might also be achieved by filling the front room/cellar/hall with tons of fresh manure - and for a small fee, the farmer is provided with an alternate storage location for his poos - everyone's a winner!
-- zen_tom, Feb 05 2009


[Zen] Actually I'm pretty sure I've heard of compost heaps being used for that purpose. I think a heat exchanger is involved though.
-- MechE, Feb 06 2009


Spicy food doesn't make you hot. It makes you sweat because you think you're hot, and sweating cools you down. That's why it's eaten in hot places.
-- notexactly, Nov 22 2015


Does this seat make my btu look big?
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 22 2015


Shirley you'd want to open a gym? the heat per person should be quite a bit better.
-- bs0u0155, Nov 22 2015


You will need moisture barriers or dehumidifiers. And a larger parking lot.
-- popbottle, Nov 23 2015



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