h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Recently I stayed in an alleged 4 Star hotel with sealed windows and a not brilliant air con. The air con had two dials temperature and fan speed.

Here's the question, in order to cool the room down the best should I have selected a high speed ie to mix the air up more, or a slow speed, thereby allowing the air passing the cooling bits to get colder, or does it not matter as the energy input is the same??

On the subject of Hotels, why can no hotel in the world make good toast? Why are cooked breakfast called English breakfasts? Are they called English breakfasts the world over or are they called Latvian breakfasts or sebo-croat breakfasts elsewhere???

Many questions, along with why am I online at 7:30 am instead of going to work.

Chris

You are right about the energy output, but a higher fan speed will give you more even cooling of the room, along with a slight breeze if you sit in the right spot, which will make it seem cooler.

I have never had an 'English' breakfast, as far as I know, so I can't help you there.

As an English person I would understand the term "English Breakfast" to mean a cooked breakfast i.e. bacon, eggs, sausage, etc. as opposed to a "Continental Breakfast" that is, croissants and or rolls with jam (sweet things) and coffee in France and cheese and cold ham and bread rolls in Holland. I must add that I have had plenty of "English Breakfasts" in Canada, but these sometimes retain a colonial flavour by the use of steaks - usually huge - instead of bacon.

Fergy