An earth-cooled beer dispenser • Hacker News Board

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by jksmith » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:47 PM UTC

jcampbell1 wrote: post #19

I guess this is awesome if you really like drinking 55-60F beer. Otherwise, this is luddite technology designed to appeal to ecotards.

True dat. Half frozen Corona is the rx for summer heat. And once you've been in a quick mart beer cave on a 100 degree day......

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by cpursley » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:48 PM UTC

Interesting. At our family lake house, we've been putting beverages in a net with a rope and dropping it to the bottom off the dock. They always come up cold :)

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by aluhut » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:49 PM UTC

This link created an interesting bug in my FF: https://i.imgur.com/1PZ01Ua.png

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by fredsted » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:50 PM UTC

thecodemonkey wrote: post #7

This makes me proud to be Danish.

Indeed. Now if only I had a garden.

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by tambourmajor » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:50 PM UTC

soperj wrote: post #11

$400?? That's insane.

Less aristocratic but I would simply dig a hole for a bucket on a string.

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by ant_sz » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:53 PM UTC

I love this invention. Imagine put one in your back yard and the next time you are holding a party, you can take out your beer like a magic.

But I think compared with the CO2 that comes out from your beer, the CO2 release reduced by saving electricity isn't that much...

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by fivedogit » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:54 PM UTC

jcampbell1 wrote: post #19

I guess this is awesome if you really like drinking 55-60F beer. Otherwise, this is luddite technology designed to appeal to ecotards.

Exactly. The ground is usually 58F. I remember reading about this in a thermal home book. (If you effectively bury 3/4 of your house, you only ever have to warm it to 70F from 58F.)

It's actually somewhat funny. Did they think there were ice cubes under the grass when the designed this?

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by cmarschner » Fri, May 23, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

I'd be worried about fools trying to steal my beer - can't see a locking mechanism on that picture. And no, I'm not joking - some retards once stole a whole fridge worth of beer from a friend's terrace.

Probably not such a problem in Denmark...

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by timdiggerm » Fri, May 23, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC

cmarschner wrote: post #28

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

I'd be worried about fools trying to steal my beer - can't see a locking mechanism on that picture. And no, I'm not joking - some retards once stole a whole fridge worth of beer from a friend's terrace.

Probably not such a problem in Denmark...

Where there are no thieves?

Re: An earth-cooled beer dispenser

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Post by zokier » Fri, May 23, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC