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A New-Look Ice Surfacing Machine

from Bruce Constantineau of the Vancouver Sun,

Starting next season, the Vancouver Canucks will stop spewing miniscule amounts of greenhouse gas emissions inside GM Place.

They’ll replace their $90,000 propane ice-cleaning machines with $170,000 battery-powered electric models with zero emissions—a common sight on European ice surfaces but relatively new to North American rinks.

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I’m all in favour of not destroying the world, but I’m pretty sure this is just about the least economical way to reduce greenhouse emissions there is.  Hope it’s at least decent PR, but I doubt.

Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 11/26/08 at 06:08 AM ET

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