

| Subject: | Re: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Thu, 15 May 2008 12:54:51 -0700 |
Gotcha - too cheap and too functional for youse guys? :) On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote: > > On May 15, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > > Hey fellas, Coleman's already done the drinking for you! >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-5-Gallon-PVC-Camp-Shower/dp/B0009PUT20 >> > > Already got 1 of them things! Not nearly as complicated or expensive as we > would like! > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ > > > >> Its also lightweight and unbreakable, so you can concentrate on what's in >> the cooler.......... :) >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> On May 14, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Mike Elliott wrote: >>> >>> Not related to Vanagons except in the "useful for camping" sense... >>> >>>> >>>> "A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers >>>> bottles and hoses." >>>> >>>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2850151.html >>>> >>>> It's very nearly the most perfect invention ever in so many ways. A >>>> cheap source of solar-heater water for showering, and the inventor >>>> "... >>>> will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention >>>> when he >>>> has the money to buy enough beers." What makes it so nearly perfect is >>>> that any money you spend on beers can be expensed as cost of goods >>>> sold, >>>> and the "manufacturing process" needed to convert beers into empty >>>> bottles involves drinking those beers. >>>> >>>> Maybe there's a way to make a Westy version. Hey Buese? You want to >>>> help >>>> develop this into a product? You figure out from the photo how the rig >>>> works. I'll start "making" beer bottles right away. >>>> >>>> >>> I will continue to work on the beer bottles, but might have to start >>> drinking, I mean making, brown bottles for the design, but until I >>> have the BZ shelves out the door, NO NEW PROJECTS! >>> >>> I like a lot of the other ideas suggested & will steal those ideas as >>> appropriate once the time is ready. I am designing some projects w/ >>> solar water heat, PV panels & GSHP(Ground Source Heat Pumps) >>> presently, but of course I rely on my mechanical engineers to figure >>> out the hard stuff. >>> >>> >>> YMMV, >>> >>> Mr. BZ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Jake >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> Crescent Beach, BC >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >> > > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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