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New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years

Posted by timothy on from the maytag-man-will-be-dust dept.

formaggio writes "Most heat pumps maintain an average useful life of 10-20 years, but researchers at the University of Stavanger in Norway (USN) and the University of Oslo believe that they have developed a new heat pump that will last up to 10,000 years."

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  1. Is the warranty transferable? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny

    They guy at Best Buy will still try to sell you the extended warranty too!

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  2. Re:Maxwell's Demon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was going to suggest that we let it eat Slashdot posts, but...

  3. Re:Up to 10,000 years by Intrepid+imaginaut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Technically everything will last forever, it just changes state a lot over that period. :p

  4. Re:Poor estimation by phayes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why go ruin a superficial anti-military rant with facts?

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  5. Re:heat pump? by tnk1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    As I recall, there's a well known Jaguar advert where a pretty lady uses a stocking as an impromptu fan belt*.

    *I forget what the american term is.

    *It's "fan belt", but without the extra 'u'.