heating vs. cooling

always had this freaky feeling that pre-historic ancestors who decided to remain in the tropics did better justice to energy consumption... http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI/bid/30576/Heating-or-Cooling-Which-Costs-You-More http://www.ehow.com/facts_7512079_cooling-heating-energy.html Heating does consume more energy than cooling. Cooling just takes the heat out. Heating, well, it creates more heat by raising temperatures.