Date:         Thu, 15 May 2008 12:54:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Beer bottle solar heater
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
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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