Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer
I don't know a whole lot about this subject, but what about the claim that the sides and bottom of the can don't have enought Al to recycle. I'm told they only recover the Al in the top of the can. I guess they just trask the rest. Mike On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, riordan.br...@gmail.com wrote: >Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:18:45 -0500 > From: "Brian Riordan" > To: "Minton, Mark" >CC: "Texas Cavers" > > > >I had some guy pitch the aluminum bottle as an engineering marvel that makes >beer colder somehow... I think the reality of the matter is that aluminum conducts >heat far better than glass, so when you put your hand around an aluminum >bottle, all the cold from your beer inside is quickly and efficiently being transfered to >your warm hand. Glass on the other hand will stay cold on its inner wall and >warm on its outer- making it seem like the beer is warmer. > >In short: aluminum cans and bottles will not only get colder in your cooler >quicker, but also get warmer in your hand quicker. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer
The beer may not be different, but now you can take a longneck into a TX State park and I guess that's worth something. Jacqui - Original Message - From: Minton, Mark To: Texas Cavers Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 2:08 PM Subject: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer David Locklear said: >What is up with the aluminum bottle? >Is the only benefit, colder beer? Or colder beer for less energy? I don't think beer in an aluminum bottle is any different than beer in an aluminum can.
Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer
How are we to ever have a decent bar fight with bottles don't have any sharp edges? One more thing to tell you kids/grandkids "I remember when..." On 10/29/07, Minton, Mark wrote: > >Louise Power said: > > >Do glass beer bottles still make sharp shards? I dropped one on my > concrete front porch last year and, after getting over the horror of wasting > a beer, noticed that most of the bottle had crumbled into a sand-like > consistency. No sharp corners, even on the bigger pieces. > > Interesting! I've never seen that, but it would be a great > innovation if easily and cheaply implemented. > > Mark Minton > -- Ron Rutherford
Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer
I had some guy pitch the aluminum bottle as an engineering marvel that makes beer colder somehow... I think the reality of the matter is that aluminum conducts heat far better than glass, so when you put your hand around an aluminum bottle, all the cold from your beer inside is quickly and efficiently being transfered to your warm hand. Glass on the other hand will stay cold on its inner wall and warm on its outer- making it seem like the beer is warmer. In short: aluminum cans and bottles will not only get colder in your cooler quicker, but also get warmer in your hand quicker. -B On 10/29/07, Minton, Mark wrote: > >David Locklear said: > > >What is up with the aluminum bottle? > >Is the only benefit, colder beer? Or colder beer for less energy? > > I don't think beer in an aluminum bottle is any different than beer > in an aluminum can. It certainly won't get any colder. It's just a can of > a different shape - a marketing gimmick. > > >Is that better for the environment than a glass bottle? > > Depends on how you look at it. Aluminum is almost certainly more > environmentally damaging to produce than glass, but on the other hand, it > won't break and leave sharp shards lying around. Aluminum is also lighter > weight, so it takes less energy to transport. Biologically, glass is pretty > inert, whereas aluminum has been implicated toxicologically in a few areas > for both plants and animals. I don't see a clear advantage either way. > > Mark Minton >
