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For People Who Doubt that Thermodynamics Can Make Them Smile

craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

81IPrXRcQLL._SL1000_From someone hitting the “contact” button at 2GreenEnergy just now:

I am contacting you on behalf of an US.-based startup company that has a machine/technology capable of extracting atmospheric heat and converting that into electricity.

A prototype has been successfully built and tested and now we want to expand the business. Kindly inform if you can help us anyway in this regards, The start up is located at Miami, Florida. Now we are looking for capital/investment of around US $ 1.5 million for further expansion of business. Can you help us in any way?

Yes, I can help you, in a big way.

What you’re talking about is a heat pump, but instead of consuming electricity, it generates it.  Now, does it strike you as strange that millions of scientists working in thermodynamics since it was developed in the 19th Century have not been able to make this happen?

Here’s what I can do for you: I want to turn you on to this scientifically accurate, yet hilariously funny, explanation of thermodynamics from British comedians Flanders and Swann (pictured).  Please note in particular:

Heat is work and work is heat.

Heat is work and work is heat.

Heat won’t pass from a cooler to a hottah.

Heat won’t pass from a cooler to a hottah.

You can try it if you like but you’re better off nottah.

Seriously, please enjoy the video; it’s a classic.

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One comment on “For People Who Doubt that Thermodynamics Can Make Them Smile”
  1. marcopolo says:
    October 26, 2017 at 2:18 am

    Craig,

    Well done ! I didn’t think anyone would still remember these hilarious raconteurs. (I haven’t heard ‘wallow in glorious mud’ for 40 years).

    In 1963 my late father took me to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, to see Fanders and Swann perform live. Later we saw Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames at the Flamingo nightclub.

    Finding the crowd at Flamingo a little dull, (or young) my father moved on to the notorious Pinstripe Club accompanied by three young females he met at the Flamingo. At The Pinstripe Club we met an eclectic group of his acquaintances, including the notorious, but lovely, Mandy Rice-Davies, actors Richard Harris, Suzie Kendall and not yet famous Michael Caine, a few Peers, Gangsters, politicians and other affluent riff-raff.

    A memorable night in early ‘swinging-sixties’ London.

    Thanks for bringing it all back !