BeergoNomics

[gingerjedi]

I was in the ultra-green, PC, EU enthousiast, progressive paradise of the Bundes Republiek Deustchland at the weekend and having driven 200kph to get there I saw enough patio heaters on the streets of Dusseldorf to heat all of western Europe's houses through a long cold winter.

Germany has a higher carbon wotsit than the UK according to this: Linky

Shouldn't the western world be surrounding Qatar with gunships and asking them WTF are they up to?

[PorkPie]

What's wrong with electric heaters? They can be powered by "green" power. No reason to ban them at all.

[Mich the Tester]

I was in the ultra-green, PC, EU enthousiast, progressive paradise of the Bundes Republiek Deustchland at the weekend and having driven 200kph to get there I saw enough patio heaters on the streets of Dusseldorf to heat all of western Europe's houses through a long cold winter.

[gingerjedi]

What about attaching generators to all the treadmills and stationary unicycles you can find in the basements of all trendy urban apartment blocks?

[Wilmslow]

How about the bar gets a lovely babe to sit on your lap and get that nice warm feeling flowing......

[Spacecadet]

Yeah but who craps in a pub bog? It's just wrong!

Last time I had an emergency crap whilst on a night out, I had to keep the cubicle door closed with my feet whilst I pebble-dashed the bowl

[Churchill]

You may be on to something. There's a lot of energy that gets lost down the pan.

Yeah but who craps in a pub bog? It's just wrong!

[MrMark]

Similarly, moving stools and tables could be harvested

You may be on to something. There's a lot of energy that gets lost down the pan.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I dont know what you think of this idea.
In another thread, a comment was made about banning patio heaters. Fair-do's, I agree, but what about the idea of having eco-friendly outdoor heaters, say for keeping smokers warm outside pubs.

It should be possible to attach beer glasses to a string or something, so that every time you lift it up, you turn a crank shaft, that generates some electricty. I call this beergoNomics i.e. harnessing the work done in drinking a pint of beer. Solar panels, a little wind turbine, couls all help.
Similarly, moving stools and tables could be harvested, and, most important - harnessing the power of the female jaw.

This will be the main source. From my observations, most smokers outside are women and they just talk / smoke and don't drink. Blokes leave their pint to keep their place, nip out for a puff and come back indoors to watch the sport.

[Spacecadet]

Many years ago when Britain was a far better, fairer, more democratic society which allowed its citizens to live a free and happy life unencumbered by stupid laws smokers kept warm by simply staying inside.

[Churchill]

I dont know what you think of this idea.
In another thread, a comment was made about banning patio heaters. Fair-do's, I agree, but what about the idea of having eco-friendly outdoor heaters, say for keeping smokers warm outside pubs.

It should be possible to attach beer glasses to a string or something, so that every time you lift it up, you turn a crank shaft, that generates some electricty. I call this beergoNomics i.e. harnessing the work done in drinking a pint of beer. Solar panels, a little wind turbine, couls all help.
Similarly, moving stools and tables could be harvested, and, most important - harnessing the power of the female jaw.

Have a sprung floor and put piezo-crystals at strategic points so that the Hi-voltage is captured and stored.

Simples.

The womans jaw thing is just going to earn you a and not in a nice way. You've met Pogle and CM...

[EternalOptimist]

I dont know what you think of this idea.
In another thread, a comment was made about banning patio heaters. Fair-do's, I agree, but what about the idea of having eco-friendly outdoor heaters, say for keeping smokers warm outside pubs.

It should be possible to attach beer glasses to a string or something, so that every time you lift it up, you turn a crank shaft, that generates some electricty. I call this beergoNomics i.e. harnessing the work done in drinking a pint of beer. Solar panels, a little wind turbine, couls all help.
Similarly, moving stools and tables could be harvested, and, most important - harnessing the power of the female jaw.