Results: How do you keep warm
Published on 02/12/2024
A fun non political survey, focusing on how everyone keeps warm.
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How do you keep warm? Electric heat
28%
598 votes
Gas heat
33%
699 votes
Solar heat
1%
29 votes
Snuggle with a loved one/Pet
5%
100 votes
Layer clothes
13%
279 votes
Hot drinks
3%
65 votes
Soup
2%
34 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
81 votes
Not Applicable
7%
144 votes
Wood stove heat
3%
71 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
Oil heat | 0.31% | 6 |
heat pump | 0.31% | 6 |
0.26% | 5 | |
oil | 0.15% | 3 |
Propane | 0.10% | 2 |
GEOTHERMAL | 0.10% | 2 |
I use a nice soft blanket that absorbs my heat & radiates it back to me. | 0.05% | 1 |
mini split system | 0.05% | 1 |
several of the above!! | 0.05% | 1 |
Elec heat | 0.05% | 1 |
We have a pellet stove as another source of heat. | 0.05% | 1 |
blanket | 0.05% | 1 |
more than 1 answer | 0.05% | 1 |
combo of more than one of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
geothermal heating | 0.05% | 1 |
Other | 0.05% | 1 |
oil furnace | 0.05% | 1 |
Heat pumps--supplemented with a wood furnace on sub-zero days | 0.05% | 1 |
several of these items | 0.05% | 1 |
hot drinks, layer clothes and I drape a shawl around my shoulders all winter long. | 0.05% | 1 |
comfortable thick comforter and loved one | 0.05% | 1 |
boiler | 0.05% | 1 |
I have a Geothermal heat and cooling system. | 0.05% | 1 |
More than one | 0.05% | 1 |
I have both | 0.05% | 1 |
Several of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
all | 0.05% | 1 |
water | 0.05% | 1 |
Multiple options listed above | 0.05% | 1 |
layers clothes, wood stove heat, crawling back to bed move covers all after a super hot bath | 0.05% | 1 |
Both gas and electric | 0.05% | 1 |
Heat pumps | 0.05% | 1 |
Warm blanket | 0.05% | 1 |
you give one choice??? | 0.05% | 1 |
Thick blankets. | 0.05% | 1 |
hot water heat | 0.05% | 1 |
Most of the above list. | 0.05% | 1 |
hot water baseboard heat, space heaters, layer clothes, and put Hot Hands (warmers) in my slippers | 0.05% | 1 |
Combination of electric space heaters, heated pad for my recliner, afghans and shawls and hot coffee and/or soup. | 0.05% | 1 |
wood stove and gas heat | 0.05% | 1 |
Portable heater | 0.05% | 1 |
Propane heat. Snuggle with pets, layer clothes and heating pad. | 0.05% | 1 |
Sweater | 0.05% | 1 |
some of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
warm cloths | 0.05% | 1 |
gas heat, snuggle, layer clothes, hot drinks | 0.05% | 1 |
Oil furnace. | 0.05% | 1 |
I keep warm by watching forbidden videos featuring hot intelligent men https://rumble.com/v4bf93f-julian-assange-nearly-every-war-over-the-past-50-years-has-been-the-result-.html | 0.05% | 1 |
Coal | 0.05% | 1 |
electric blanket for sleeping | 0.05% | 1 |
a combination of some of the above answers | 0.05% | 1 |
Fireplaces and gas furnace | 0.05% | 1 |
A mixture of above | 0.05% | 1 |
Fireplace | 0.05% | 1 |
we have electric and gas heat | 0.05% | 1 |
many of these options | 0.05% | 1 |
Mazut | 0.05% | 1 |
Piling on blankets. | 0.05% | 1 |
heated blanket | 0.05% | 1 |
electric heat, layer clothes, hot drinks, soup | 0.05% | 1 |
A fifth of Jameson | 0.05% | 1 |
Glass of Irish whiskey | 0.05% | 1 |
Some combo of these. | 0.05% | 1 |
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2.
What is your preferred indoor temp? 40 - 50 degrees
3%
57 votes
50 - 60 degrees
7%
154 votes
60 - 70 degrees
53%
1107 votes
70 - 80 degrees
29%
600 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
26 votes
Not Applicable
7%
156 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.26% | 5 | |
depends | 0.05% | 1 |
24 Centigrad | 0.05% | 1 |
I don’t know if this is Fahrenheit Or Celsius | 0.05% | 1 |
23C | 0.05% | 1 |
72 degrees farenheit | 0.05% | 1 |
55-65 | 0.05% | 1 |
65 | 0.05% | 1 |
18 centigrade | 0.05% | 1 |
20 Celsius | 0.05% | 1 |
60-70 in winter 72-78 in summer | 0.05% | 1 |
19 celcius | 0.05% | 1 |
My husband overheats around 72; I don't feel remotely warm until 80-82. | 0.05% | 1 |
not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
in Celsius please!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
97 | 0.05% | 1 |
20C | 0.05% | 1 |
21 degrees Celsius | 0.05% | 1 |
NOT SURE? | 0.05% | 1 |
22C | 0.05% | 1 |
20-28 degrees | 0.05% | 1 |
what the family wants | 0.05% | 1 |
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3.
What is the monthly average of your heat/cooling utility bill? $40 - $50
6%
116 votes
$50 - $60
7%
155 votes
$60 - $70
10%
200 votes
$80 - $90
10%
212 votes
$90 - $100
34%
723 votes
Other (please specify)
15%
315 votes
Not Applicable
18%
379 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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2.73% | 47 | |
150 | 1.39% | 24 |
200 | 1.10% | 19 |
300 | 0.99% | 17 |
250 | 0.70% | 12 |
225 | 0.41% | 7 |
140 | 0.41% | 7 |
120 | 0.35% | 6 |
350 | 0.23% | 4 |
180 | 0.17% | 3 |
130 | 0.17% | 3 |
Over $100 | 0.17% | 3 |
125 | 0.17% | 3 |
Varies | 0.17% | 3 |
higher | 0.12% | 2 |
300.00 | 0.12% | 2 |
$100+ | 0.12% | 2 |
0 | 0.12% | 2 |
135 | 0.12% | 2 |
$200 | 0.12% | 2 |
$250 | 0.12% | 2 |
100+ | 0.12% | 2 |
don't know | 0.12% | 2 |
Over 200 | 0.12% | 2 |
175 | 0.12% | 2 |
150.00 | 0.12% | 2 |
200-300 | 0.12% | 2 |
Unsure | 0.12% | 2 |
800 | 0.06% | 1 |
$230 | 0.06% | 1 |
I have propane for heat, had my tank full at the beginning of the heating season and just had to get a refill the endo f January or thereabouts. That fill cost me 377 for 283 gallons. | 0.06% | 1 |
It's not consistant. It might be 100+ in January and 40 in April. | 0.06% | 1 |
700 | 0.06% | 1 |
$60 in the 3 months of "winter" and $120-200 to keep it at nearly boiling the other 9 months. | 0.06% | 1 |
More | 0.06% | 1 |
depends on the month. January is a lot more than July. | 0.06% | 1 |
$174 in Winter | 0.06% | 1 |
$150 | 0.06% | 1 |
160-190 | 0.06% | 1 |
it depends | 0.06% | 1 |
170 | 0.06% | 1 |
Ours just went up to $311!! We pay using equal billing (same amount every month throughout the year) | 0.06% | 1 |
Last month was $239. I ran my garage heater everyday tho. Normally it is around $160 | 0.06% | 1 |
Not sure propane heat. | 0.06% | 1 |
210 | 0.06% | 1 |
190 (I live in Arizona) | 0.06% | 1 |
186 | 0.06% | 1 |
I'd rather not say | 0.06% | 1 |
$200 - $350 | 0.06% | 1 |
275 | 0.06% | 1 |
180-230 | 0.06% | 1 |
a lot more | 0.06% | 1 |
$150-$250 | 0.06% | 1 |
1,400 | 0.06% | 1 |
way higher | 0.06% | 1 |
169 | 0.06% | 1 |
179 | 0.06% | 1 |
nunya | 0.06% | 1 |
100-250 | 0.06% | 1 |
$267 | 0.06% | 1 |
Are you kidding? Mines $359!! | 0.06% | 1 |
ours is over 300 a month and we do keep our thermostat low. | 0.06% | 1 |
229 | 0.06% | 1 |
Whole house and barn connected to one electric meter so not sure what percent is just hear | 0.06% | 1 |
Last month was $261; average for year is $184 | 0.06% | 1 |
higher than $125 | 0.06% | 1 |
150. | 0.06% | 1 |
Depends on the time of year | 0.06% | 1 |
has gas well on property, which means I have free heat, stove, hot water, dryer | 0.06% | 1 |
255.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
$570 | 0.06% | 1 |
$400.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
$100-$400 | 0.06% | 1 |
subsidized | 0.06% | 1 |
in Celsius please!!! | 0.06% | 1 |
160 | 0.06% | 1 |
400 | 0.06% | 1 |
OVER $300.00 ALL BIDEN'S FAULT | 0.06% | 1 |
over 200 a month | 0.06% | 1 |
$260 | 0.06% | 1 |
200 minimum | 0.06% | 1 |
115 | 0.06% | 1 |
$30 | 0.06% | 1 |
Heat is part of my rent payment | 0.06% | 1 |
$200 monthly ( more or less) | 0.06% | 1 |
$300 | 0.06% | 1 |
$280 | 0.06% | 1 |
$125 | 0.06% | 1 |
220 | 0.06% | 1 |
141 | 0.06% | 1 |
500 | 0.06% | 1 |
100 to 200 | 0.06% | 1 |
105 | 0.06% | 1 |
163 | 0.06% | 1 |
70-80 | 0.06% | 1 |
176 | 0.06% | 1 |
Why? it depends on where you live. | 0.06% | 1 |
less than $40 | 0.06% | 1 |
lower | 0.06% | 1 |
summer the minimum fee; winter varies $120-$200 on the heat pumps (electric); Wood stove $1200 for 40lbs of tree length lasts now more than the 3 years with just wood furnace alone. | 0.06% | 1 |
169.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
$200 per month. | 0.06% | 1 |
above $100 | 0.06% | 1 |
$30's in summer, $100 in winter | 0.06% | 1 |
In the winter it is around 110 a month, in the summer it is around 20. | 0.06% | 1 |
undecided | 0.06% | 1 |
$150+ last month | 0.06% | 1 |
not sure | 0.06% | 1 |
$275/month for all electricity all year 'round. | 0.06% | 1 |
More than any of these. | 0.06% | 1 |
268 I am on a budget billing. Same amount each month with catch up or down in February | 0.06% | 1 |
125.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
600 in winter | 0.06% | 1 |
$130 | 0.06% | 1 |
hard to say as we have gas heat and electric central air, unsure how to break down the costs | 0.06% | 1 |
too damn much | 0.06% | 1 |
last month for january was $500.64 | 0.06% | 1 |
$350 | 0.06% | 1 |
300-400 | 0.06% | 1 |
I hear with propane and have it filled up as needed. | 0.06% | 1 |
It's included in the rent | 0.06% | 1 |
1000 | 0.06% | 1 |
200 + | 0.06% | 1 |
440 | 0.06% | 1 |
$22.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
It depends on the time of year | 0.06% | 1 |
Last month over 200, Thanksgiving to that ice storm | 0.06% | 1 |
200+ | 0.06% | 1 |
149 | 0.06% | 1 |
I'm on the budget plan since con Ed costs went sky high. I pay $95 a month | 0.06% | 1 |
174 | 0.06% | 1 |
Lately it has been $300 or more | 0.06% | 1 |
$130.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
250.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
240.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
The cost is a combination of gasoline and electric used for collection and preperation plus the fans for heat distribution. | 0.06% | 1 |
almost 200 | 0.06% | 1 |
125.00/mo | 0.06% | 1 |
For water, trash and electricity together, it's about $250/month | 0.06% | 1 |
182 | 0.06% | 1 |
270 | 0.06% | 1 |
425 | 0.06% | 1 |
124 | 0.06% | 1 |
$100 plus for heating in the winter/$0 for cooling in the summer | 0.06% | 1 |
$450 combined electric and gas, levelized billing year round. House is only 1100 sq ft. | 0.06% | 1 |
$275 | 0.06% | 1 |
127-179 | 0.06% | 1 |
$336 WE LIVE IN CANADA, WHERE WE HAVE FOUR SEASON'S. | 0.06% | 1 |
Varies throughout year winter 80 summer 20 | 0.06% | 1 |
i don't see the bill | 0.06% | 1 |
Try over $200 | 0.06% | 1 |
236 | 0.06% | 1 |
190 | 0.06% | 1 |
180-250 | 0.06% | 1 |
450 | 0.06% | 1 |
200.00 | 0.06% | 1 |
Obviously a lot more than you | 0.06% | 1 |
4.
4.
Do you live in a state/country that does not experience fluctuating temperatures much? Yes
16%
334 votes
No
72%
1521 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
18 votes
Not Applicable
11%
227 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.48% | 9 | |
SOMETIMES | 0.05% | 1 |
Mever used to get above 70 or below 60 in Southern California; those were the "good old days." | 0.05% | 1 |
Kinda | 0.05% | 1 |
we have extreme cold winter and extreme heat summer | 0.05% | 1 |
we like in one that fluctuates a lot. | 0.05% | 1 |
Maine--4 seasons--variety of temps. | 0.05% | 1 |
undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
What does that mean? We have seasons in Virginia so yeah it fluctuates! | 0.05% | 1 |
I dont know...its 50s-100s fluctuating? | 0.05% | 1 |
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