Re: fanning yourself - can it be effective?

In article <9df1bef6-9712-4732-9fd1-540bea3725db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
RichD <r_delaney2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I watched someone doing that yesterday, and said
"That's an illusion, it can't really cool you, that would
be a violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

Unless the air temperature is above 37C, the air around you is cooler
than you are. You are constantly losing heat to the air, and fanning
increases the cooling by convection.

-- Richard
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