This is an excellent question, Sara. Let's examine how a stove and a refrigerator work. This heat is then available for cooking or heating. A refrigerator, on the other hand, is a bit more complicated. I won't go into the details of how it does it, but a refrigerator removes heat from a cool place and dumps it in a warm place.
People do it all the time.
Incidentally, if you ran a refrigerator with the door open in a perfectly sealed room, the room would get warmer . For more, read up on the Second Law of Thermodynamics in your science text, or ask your teacher. All rights reserved.