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Now its your electric ice maker in your fridge that’s killing the planet,....
Watts Up With That? ^ | April 14, 2011 | Anthony Watts

Posted on 04/15/2011 10:52:34 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: Aliska

We don’t like the taste of the ice from the maker and I don’t like the noise. Nothing altruistic about it, unfortunately. What amazes me is how they come up with more and more stuff to make people feel guilty over. I REFUSE to feel guilty for living comfortably and using more then 2 squares!!!


41 posted on 04/15/2011 11:40:01 AM PDT by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why not get rid of refrigerators altogether.

Then we can drive to the grocery store every day to buy fresh food.
Yeah, that will solve the energy ‘crisis’.

BTW, I used to repair icemakers, several brands but in particular the one that makes crescent cubes and had a sweep arm. Very popular.

The motor does not, as the article states, have a heater. There is a heater in the mold to loosen the cubes but it is on less than 5 min. every harvest cycle. The cycles is usually about 2 hours apart. Depends on the freezer temperature.


42 posted on 04/15/2011 11:51:18 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Aliska

I just keep my bottle of Vodka in the freezer.


43 posted on 04/15/2011 12:03:19 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

GOOD on you and with summer coming on, you’ll use it even more often!


44 posted on 04/15/2011 12:03:31 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Can’t be...mine hasn’t worked for years. :)


45 posted on 04/15/2011 12:04:37 PM PDT by sigzero
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To: Vinnie
They won't be happy until we are living in caves with
no transportation, no electric, no heat or cooling
and dying at 35.

Hey greenies.....
Save the planet, Kill yourselves!

46 posted on 04/15/2011 12:07:19 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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And guess why CO2 dropped between 2008 and 2009. Economic recession caused by a housing crisis and high energy prices.

That's right: the only way to really lower CO2 emissions, as far as I know, is to cause a recession.

Do you want a terrific example of a low-carbon economy? Go visit Haiti sometime.

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47 posted on 04/15/2011 12:39:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Follow me on Twitter @mpetrie98)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; Normandy; FreedomPoster; Para-Ord.45; Entrepreneur; ...
Thanx for the ping Ernest_at_the_Beach !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

48 posted on 04/15/2011 12:43:14 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap.)
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To: faucetman

I you only want fresh ice, you can dump the pan that holds the cubes once or twice a week (wasteful I know). Then you could use the thingy on the door that dumps ice right in your glass. It certainly is nice to get ice than way.


49 posted on 04/15/2011 12:49:22 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Persevero

“I believe I read just yesterday that there is a tremendous amount of carbon dioxide released by composting. I don’t know what they are going to do with that one.”

I LOVE IT! EnviroWeenies annoy the cr@p outta me, LOL!


50 posted on 04/15/2011 12:53:30 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Climate modelers have long known that households are far bigger contributors to global warming than most laypeople realize.

How can you "know" something when it's based on a premise that's unproven, and most likely false?

51 posted on 04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And these morons at Time magazine are worried about the few extra watts of electrcity used in my electric ice maker and trying to make me feel guilty about it?

I feel SORTA guilty these nimrods still have a job, and I'm not sure why, I never buy their moronic rag.

52 posted on 04/15/2011 1:01:29 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They won’t be happy until we are all using leaves to wipe our butts.


53 posted on 04/15/2011 1:01:48 PM PDT by Gator113 (I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“All non-facts verified to be true and consensusy by man-bear-pig and the Carbon Credit Profiteers”


54 posted on 04/15/2011 1:02:52 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: Vinnie
The motor does not, as the article states, have a heater. There is a heater in the mold to loosen the cubes but it is on less than 5 min. every harvest cycle. The cycles is usually about 2 hours apart. Depends on the freezer temperature.

And even then it's not on for 5 minutes every two hours 24/7/365. There's an ice tray and when it gets full, the arm comes down and rests on the ice and doesn't harvest any more till you use some. So if one shot is 12 cubes say, then the heater will run every time you use 12 cubes and it needs to replace them. If you use 12 cubes a day, it runs 5 minutes a day and waits the rest of the time for you to use some.

55 posted on 04/15/2011 1:08:50 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: onyx

“I like my cast iron coal-powered ice maker made in the Ukraine in 1939. It’s a создатель льда угля brand. If you go outside when it’s on, you have to wear a mask because the smoke is so bad. It’s totally worth it though. There’s no ice like Soviet-style ice.”


56 posted on 04/15/2011 1:24:12 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well thank goodness my Gaggia Titanium Super Automatic Espresso Machine is environmentally friendly. Water Vapor has nothing to do with global warming.


57 posted on 04/15/2011 1:29:58 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (To conserve energy, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off permanently.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“I just keep my bottle of Vodka in the freezer.”

Me, too. Summer’s comin’! I like to take a fresh bottle, have a few nips off of it, then cut a fresh cucumber from the garden into spears, and add that to the bottle. It makes the most awesome flavored vody for Bloodies and Tonics in the summer months.


58 posted on 04/15/2011 1:33:18 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’ll have to try that! Sounds tasty! Too strong a flavor for shots?


59 posted on 04/15/2011 1:48:05 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Battle Axe
Will someone tell the trees? I’m busy.

Pass a law against leaf shedding.

Then arrest the trees for violating the law.

60 posted on 04/15/2011 2:04:52 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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