Cup melts glacier, tells you how hot it is

Created with heat sensitive ink, this cup shows an animation of a melting glacier when hot liquids are poured into it. At least now you'll know if you are single-handedly responsible for global warming by getting your morning coffee.
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Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Oct 29, 2007 04:30 AM
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| Posted by: wingman321 on October 29, 2007 at 11:52 AM |
They should really mass produce this cup and donate x% to lobbying or some global warming initiative. This mug would be the perfect gift for my dad, the weather guy.
| Posted by: Blitz-ner on October 29, 2007 at 12:33 PM |
The funny thing is that one ceramic mug requires the same amount of energy as 1000 disposable styrofoam cups. It's not really any better for the environment unless you use it every day for 2.74 years...if it breaks before that a baby polar bear will cry.
http://www.ilea.org/lcas/hocking1994.html
| Posted by: svofski on October 30, 2007 at 8:02 AM |
It seems that this is not a real product at all, but only a "scary idea". In fact, I seriously doubt it's technically feasible to make one. So far this cup is just as much real as the global warming. Research your facts.
| Posted by: coelacanth on October 31, 2007 at 2:50 PM |
That website doesn't take into account that every time you use a disposable cup, you are producing another cup. So the line should be increasing on that graph and not decreasing. If you do use a disposable cup for a year, good for you (and the environment too!) So, really, a ceramic cup becomes worth wile after ~30 times... plus, its less waste as we are going to run out of materials eventually.
Also, you could produce a cup to do that, just have each layer of paint become transparent after a certain temperature.
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