Quite the opposite. People want their basements warmer to get usable space. The
heat is hard to force into the lower cavities as it keeps coming back up in the
colder climates.

Simple top to bottom or bottom to top ventilation works wonders. Houses in
extreme climates should all have a top to bottom ventilation system.

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Harvard Physicist Bill
Shurcliff suggests putting a window AC in a basement stairwell with
the warm side in the living space to air condition the basement and
heat the house in wintertime.

Nick