http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/10/density-and-refrigeration Comments On: Density and Refrigeration by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:40:14 -0800 The Stranger Charles, we get it. You can stop whining about how not everyone lives in a city now. Really. Shut up.
Posted by charlie]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:57:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by doceb]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:30:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:48:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Christampa]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:06:39 -0800 The Stranger
thank you! troll again!
Posted by tainte]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:17:17 -0800 The Stranger
And if I can get a piece of this luxury home renovation mocking; it's almost a rule that the more expensive the kitchen reno, the less it'll be cooked in. There's sparkly clean Viking and Bertazzoni ranges up in them thar hills.
Posted by Dougsf]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:58:28 -0800 The Stranger
Seriously, the only 'efficiency' you seem to be advocating in this regard is one of space, not energy use/greenhouse gas emissions. You don't seem to care about obsoleting inefficient technologies at ALL, only about making things denser. Refrigerator efficiency is a matter of cooling air and then keeping it cool afterwards. The latter stipulation does not socialise well.
Posted by thene]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:51:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by anon1256]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:48:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Orv]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:08:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Charles Mudede]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:05:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:04:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Orv]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:01:33 -0800 The Stranger
Also, having a freezer lets me cook large quantities of food on the weekend when I have time, and freeze the excess to eat during the week, instead of paying to eat out.

Posted by Orv]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:55:52 -0800 The Stranger have doors, such as the ones most places use to chill meat and dairy. Some places are getting more carbon-footprint aware and putting doors on those fuckers - but really, Charles, even a tiny bit of thermodynamic awareness would tell you that chilling the contents of a cabinet that doesn't even have a door to keep off the heat of everything else in the (large, maybe extremely large) room it's in is not efficient. If you want a more efficient food chain then legislating fridge doors on all cold storage in stores would be a much better start than trying to get rid of home kitchens/fridges.

Even the doors to store freezer compartments are much thinner and less insulating than the freezer doors we have at home, because they have to be made of something we can see through - and then someone opens them every few seconds to let the heat of the room in there, so the thermostats never get a rest during opening hours.

JFC go learn the laws of thermodynamics and then come back and talk to us about efficiency.
Posted by thene]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:49:30 -0800 The Stranger
New York bodegas massively inflate their prices. Even the best ones offer considerably limited stock. If you solely relied on bodegas for your nutrition, well, enjoy that heart attack. And this isn't taking into account the vast majority of bodegas that make not even the slightest attempt to offer a wide variety of food options. Most are more akin to a 7/11, offering not much else than beer, soda, and candy.

Also, the idea that these bodegas are more energy efficient is laughable on its face. Most of what they refrigerate 24/7 doesn't even need to be refrigerated. They refrigerate all of their beverages, even those that won't spoil, so they can fulfill their customers' demand for ready-to-drink beer and soda. In my home, a drink is only put in the fridge when someone is planning on drinking it within a couple of days.

There's also the fact of the matter that the majority of food waste is on the producer/retail side.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:24:52 -0800 The Stranger I can't wait for the next 2" snow storm either, but that's because we sooooooo desperately need the moisture. Let hope for 2'.


Posted by swing state voter]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:24:49 -0800 The Stranger Wrong. #14 is correct.
A small refrigerator that is shut most of the time will use less energy per item than those large ones in the store that are constantly opened by customers. That is the real universe.
If you were comparing a large commercial refrigerator to a small one, where both were opened briefly just a couple of times a day, then you would be correct.
Posted by swing state voter]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:18:52 -0800 The Stranger
I bet a lot of people in the countryside are better prepared for bad weather than the average Seattleite. I can't wait for the next 2" snowstorm to bring out the usual panic, which of course will be covered extensively here.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:17:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:43 -0800 The Stranger
Life is so much more idealistic when you pretend the problems of poor people just don't matter.
Posted by Zuulabelle]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:44:06 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by ryanmm]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:33:32 -0800 The Stranger
If Chuck's fantasy were a reality, people wouldn't have refrigerators.
Posted by a non-e-moose]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:28:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by carsten coolage]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:15:26 -0800 The Stranger