rabbiofberlin:
Good point, but I don’t see how lowering a flame will help a cold person 🙂
My point regarding electricity is that even some current respected Yeshivish Poskim hold that one may adjust electricity for Tzorech Ochel on Yom tov (let alone the “Shabbos ovens!”)
Squeak: “The important thing to remember here is that Mechabeh is allowed in some circumstances. But not in all.”
There is a very big difference (Al Pi Rav Moshe) between being Mechabe (via water & the sort) and stopping the flow of fuel.