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Freezer



Level 0(3 days)
Don't open your freezer / cooler?
Level 1(3 weeks)
swamp cooler?
Level 2(3 months)
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Level 3 (Indefinite)
A communal freezer would seem to make sense in building an energy efficient community.

The basis of the freezer would be a very well insulated little house located near a river, with trees above to block out direct sunlight. A Trompe would be installed on the river. In the winter ice could be harvested from local lakes, and placed in the house. Using the compressed air from the Trompe, a Hilsch vortex tube might allow you to keep things frozen during the summer. It would be an interesting experiment.

Here are some ideas for a larger scale ice harvesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxH7Pxpu0qQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xE6Wu7gVmE