The Winnipeg Free Press' Sunday Homes supplement yesterday contained an
infomercial about infrared heaters. Get a load of the first paragraph:
Infra-red heat energy is a form of
radiation that closely resembles
and behaves much the same as
light. The basic different between
the two is that upon striking an
object, infra-red energy is
converted to heat, whereas light
energy changes to illumination.
The sun is the best example of an
infra-red source. The sun
transmits its heat through space
to earth by radiation, releasing its
heat when the infra-red rays strike
the earth's surface. Like the sun,
the Caribe radiant heater also
produces infra-red energy through
gas combustion.