From: "Morris Dovey" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.frugal-living misc.consumers.house alt.energy.renewable alt.energy.homepower sci.econ
Subject: Re: whither the ice house?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:23:33 -0500
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Steve Spence wrote:
| When power is in short supply, and winter provides sufficient ice,
| a ice house is an appropriate solution. We have built in-basement
| ice houses, and collected ice from the pond in winter. The ice
| stays with us through October. Outdoor temps rarely exceed 90F here
| in upstate NY.

I'm not questioning the technical possibility. I'd suggest discussing
this issue with your wife/mother/grandmother before allowing yourself
to become too enthusiastic about this particular choice.

I remember iceboxes (in small town Michigan) and would assure you that
they weren't abandoned for reasons that had anything to do (directly)
with the technology involved.

I also remember that there weren't any frozen foods in the grocery
store.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/