My wifey enjoys to take hour-long showers, for example, and I don’t bug her about wasting all that water
I just care about getting lost in a fantastic book. I have a learn room with a fireplace and I spend most of my time in there sitting on my nice comfortable couch. There’s no TV or video games in the learn room either. I just want peace and quiet and to hear nothing however the crackling of the firewood. I like being able to escape from life for a bit and I can do this in books. The fireplace keeps me comfortable and sizzling and the crackle of the flames is actually relaxing. I have to admit, on days when it’s too hot to use the fireplace, periodically I turn on the air-conditioning just a bit so that the fireplace can still be used. I know this is a little crazy despite the fact that I do like the fireplace importantly. My wifey has asked me why I would waste energy on the a/c when I am using the fireplace at the same time, then she thinks it’s like using the gas boiler and a/c at the same time and it doesn’t make any sense to her. I can’t blame her. This is pretty similar, however it’s not the same, not to me anyway… You don’t get the same comfort from the gas boiler as you do from a fireplace. Besides, my buddy and I all waste a little bit. My wifey enjoys to take hour-long showers, for example, and I don’t bug her about wasting all that water. I suppose running the A/C and the fireplace at the same time is just the way that I am wasteful. Still, it doesn’t feel wasteful when I’m doing it.