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DoomsdaysCW<p>How to Keep Beverages Cool Outside the Refrigerator</p><p>April 25, 2012 </p><p>"In the industrialized world, we know only of one way to cool beverages: place containers in refrigerators. This practice, which occurs on a massive scale, is utterly dependent on fossil fuels.</p><p>"However, people obtained the same result much more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainably" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainably</span></a> before the advent of the Industrial Revolution. In hot, dry climates, we used porous earthenware jugs that were not only re-usable, but also kept water cool by taking advantage of natural energy sources.</p><p>"The best known example is the Spanish ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/botijo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botijo</span></a>’, an unglazed ceramic container that cools beverages by evaporation. Similar drinking containers can be found in other Mediterranean countries, as well as in Mexico (where it is known as a ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/b%C3%BAcaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>búcaro</span></a>’) and on the Indian subcontinent (where it is called a ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ghara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghara</span></a>’, ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matka</span></a>’ or ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/suhari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suhari</span></a>’).</p><p>"The ceramic water cooler probably originated in the Indus Valley Civilization, which would make it 5000 years old."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.notechmagazine.com/2012/04/botijos.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">notechmagazine.com/2012/04/bot</span><span class="invisible">ijos.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepingCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeepingCool</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTechnology</span></a></p>