Comments on: A high-tech way to defrost

Forget scraping. A company called Ice Engineering wants you to zap the frozen stuff with a jolt of electricity.
Video: Controlling ice

[gerhard_schroeder]

Acceleration of global warming...

This type of technology should be outlawed by the Kyoto protocol...

Using electricity to melt ice is just going to make global warming pick up speed.

Its dangerous and immoral technology.

[ThatScienceGuy]

Global Warming Junk Science

Perhaps this post was meant in jest, as it's posted by Germany's last Chancellor....

Did you not read the article? The resulting enegry use reduction in devices that ARE causing damage to the environment (or at least using up natural resources) greatly offsets the miniscule amount of energy (often cleaner energy, by the way...) used to melt the ice off.

Why is it that "Environment Enthusiasts" don't stop for half a second to think about what they're saying. Luddites... I think that's what the problem is. They're afraid good science is going to result in things that make for a better, healthier planet; they think that the best solution is to just let things go to pot.

On second thought, maybe that's the problem... too much pot.

[exibar]

bad for the globe?

are you nuts? How come people don't stop to think just a second, or ACTALLY READ THE ARTICLE!!!!!

Think about all the chemicals and what not that are in use today to defrost planes, windshields, and remove ice in general. think about all the engery that is used to perform those tasks....

NOW think about what the article says, that it takes a small amount of electricity to power this material.

Wouldn't even a tree hugging, save the world, save the whales, save the rain-forest, blahdy blah blah, person like yourself feel that even GREATLY REDUCING the harmful stuff that is in place to remove ice would be a huge benifit?

Exibar

[Jack445]

Not a bad thing...

As it reads in the artical the technology can be used either way, to remove ice or to strengthen the bonds. But even when the ice is removed I don't think it's actually 'melted' by the ice, I think it's just where the ice comes in contact with the film.

[Jack445]

Not a bad thing...

As it reads in the artical the technology can be used either way, to remove ice or to strengthen the bonds. But even when the ice is removed I don't think it's actually 'melted' by the ice, I think it's just where the ice comes in contact with the film.

[MoSW]

This would SAVE ENERGY where I live.

Up here in Canada, when you are faced with an ice coated car you generally have to let the car warmup by idling it for 10 or 15 minutes before you can physically scrap it off. This invention looks like it would break the bond between the ice and window without having to wait for the whole car to warm up. That would mean a lot less car iding and should reduce CO2 emissions.

[MoSW]

This would SAVE ENERGY where I live.

Up here in Canada, when you are faced with an ice coated car you generally have to let the car warmup by idling it for 10 or 15 minutes before you can physically scrap it off. This invention looks like it would break the bond between the ice and window without having to wait for the whole car to warm up. That would mean a lot less car idling and should reduce CO2 emissions.

[hackingbear]

What a stupid comment!

I haven't seen a comment as stupid as this one on the Internet for a long time!

[Noreast]

Global warming...

I guess you must me ROFLing with what looks like a troll - or you are plain stupid

[foo10019]

You Go, Gerhard

What an excellent, insightful, and provocative point of view, Gerhard. You're a brilliant man and I, for one, hope you won't bow to the naysayers and hecklers.
I stand right beside you against this, and so many other immoral technologies that can only accelerate the onslaught of global warming.

[globalleader]

I agree, Electricity is not a "Green" solution because we use fossil fuels to produce it.

And direct means of producing Electricity like Solar and Wind will never work because people like this are too Stupid to adopt it.

[aerozuk]

Are you kidding me? Acceleration of global warming by removal of ice by electronic means? Are you aware of the chemical, mechanical, and themal de ice systems currently used? This technology would decrease energy input for deicing on a grand scale, that means we burn less gasoline, jet fuel, and coal to deice everything. It is theorized that the burning of these fossil fuels is what is causing global warming. By the way, there is not solid research stating weather or not global warming is caused by man or not. There is equal good and bad research on both sides of the global warming issue. By all means conserve energy whenever possible.........therefore use new technology to deice things which in turn uses less everything. How is saving energy on something we already do going to "accelerate the onslaught of global warming"? Science and research are the keys to our future and sustainability. This technology is great if it works!