"Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @02:36AM from the i-wish-we-had-a-zamboni-section dept.

lurking_giant writes "The Seattle Times is reporting that the Men's 500 meter speed-skating competition was delayed more than an hour Monday evening by the breakdown of the two ice grooming machines at the skating oval. The real story is that the machines that failed were the latest state-of-the-art 'Resurfice Fume-Free Electric Groomers' leased to the Olympics committee. An old, propane-powered Zamboni had to be brought out to fix the ice. This makes two nights in a row with ice resurfacing machine failures. If you're going to spend twice as much on electric devices to replace non-green designs, at least test the things first."

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Re:Summary & Article Leave a Bit to Be Desired by Mr.+Freeman · 2010-02-16 05:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

"It's a bit misleading to say it's more expensive."
Not really. Sure, it costs a small fraction to run it, but is there really any chance in hell that you'll ever recoup the loss of the initial investment over the life of the machine? How many "floods" does a zamboini generally do over the life of itself anyway?

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