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"What's that you say?"
"I said the pop machine's really loud!"
"The cop latrine's getting plowed?"
"I SAID THE POP MACHINE'S REALLY LOUD!"
"Sorry, I can't hear you over the pop machine."
I bet pop machines waste a lot of energy. I just recently came to this conclusion because there's a TV in our breakroom at work, but it's nearly impossible to hear because it's directly above a pop machine, and that thing makes more noise than any refrigerator I've ever seen. Whereas a normal fridge or freezer has a gentle hum that's easy to ignore, all the pop machines that I've been noticing recently make about as much noise as an idling sports car.
That suggests to me that they must be pretty inefficient. And why not? The vendor that owns the machine typically doesn't pay for the power - it's plugged into whatever wall outlet is nearby, which typically means the customer is paying for the power, rather than the seller. So the customer wants to save power but can't, and the seller can save power but doesn't want to.
Of course I'm ignoring the waste of refrigerating something that doesn't spoil, since I think it's allowable to spend energy just to make something taste better. I just don't want us to waste more than we have to.
"I said the pop machine's really loud!"
"The cop latrine's getting plowed?"
"I SAID THE POP MACHINE'S REALLY LOUD!"
"Sorry, I can't hear you over the pop machine."
I bet pop machines waste a lot of energy. I just recently came to this conclusion because there's a TV in our breakroom at work, but it's nearly impossible to hear because it's directly above a pop machine, and that thing makes more noise than any refrigerator I've ever seen. Whereas a normal fridge or freezer has a gentle hum that's easy to ignore, all the pop machines that I've been noticing recently make about as much noise as an idling sports car.
That suggests to me that they must be pretty inefficient. And why not? The vendor that owns the machine typically doesn't pay for the power - it's plugged into whatever wall outlet is nearby, which typically means the customer is paying for the power, rather than the seller. So the customer wants to save power but can't, and the seller can save power but doesn't want to.
Of course I'm ignoring the waste of refrigerating something that doesn't spoil, since I think it's allowable to spend energy just to make something taste better. I just don't want us to waste more than we have to.