03.24.07
Idea of the moment: self-cooling soda
Since a gas, when it’s put under pressure heats up, it logically follows that a gas that is released from high pressure cools off.
How about putting *more* carbonation into sodas and other drinks, providing a bleed-off release, and thereby let the soda be delivered in a self-cooling package? Image the amount of electricity that could be saved: these drinks would no longer have to be kept refrigerated!
Of course, the extra pressue might cause the cans to become modified pipe-bombs, but I’m sure there are ways around that…