I guess this is awesome if you really like drinking 55-60F beer. Otherwise, this is luddite technology designed to appeal to ecotards.
Amazing how a little fun garden gadget can evoke such repugnance.
An earth-cooled beer dispenser
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#32I 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...
The CO2 in the beer is not of fossil origin, so it's not a relevant comparison.
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#33Given that I don't choose a bigger fridge specifically to store beer in, and I tend to have, say, 4-8 bottles of beer in the fridge at any one time, and I wouldn't store anything else in the fridge to replace it, and a fridge becomes less efficient the emptier it gets ... is this really a good idea?
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#35Given that I don't choose a bigger fridge specifically to store beer in, and I tend to have, say, 4-8 bottles of beer in the fridge at any one time, and I wouldn't store anything else in the fridge to replace it, and a fridge becomes less efficient the emptier it gets ... is this really a good idea?
P.S. I'm not saying it's not cool, just that I don't particularly see an eco-benefit.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably not such a problem in Denmark...
Where there are no thieves?
Well, he has a point - the Nordic countries are known for vastly lower rates of criminal behaviour and for their civilized treatment of those who do end up in prison. One might say that the risk of being attacked/robbed/stolen from is considerably lower than e.g. in Germany, the UK, or the US.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably not such a problem in Denmark...
Where there are no thieves?
Hm... Usually we think nordic countries are close to paradise.
But looking at this I might be wrong. Except for murders the crime rate seems to be above US levels.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Denmark/Uni...
Edit: Some of the stats on that site seem to be contradictory, though. So, whatever, I think I need a cold beer now.
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#38I 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?
> Did they think there were ice cubes under the grass when the designed this?
Permafrost does exist, albeit not at Denmarks latitudes.
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#39Given that I don't choose a bigger fridge specifically to store beer in, and I tend to have, say, 4-8 bottles of beer in the fridge at any one time, and I wouldn't store anything else in the fridge to replace it, and a fridge becomes less efficient the emptier it gets ... is this really a good idea?
Maybe it's not built for your home where you have electricity and a fridge. Maybe it's built for your lakeside getaway where you go camping with the family every summer.
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#40Interesting. 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 :)
Haha I imagine this works really well in most places. If I tried this in Florida I think I'd pull up a pile of green sludge with my beer.