Transcript: Interview: Simon Jansen discusses the jet-powered beer cooler he invented

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Interview: Simon Jansen discusses the jet-powered beer cooler he invented

Host: JOHN YDSTIE Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

JOHN YDSTIE, host:

As you sit down to watch the big game today with a bottle of tepid beer, consider the problem-solving skills of Simon Jansen. He was toiling away in his tool shed in New Zealand, while his six-pack was getting warmer and warmer and warmer. What was a kiwi bloke to do? Well, Simon Jansen joins us from his home in Auckland.

You built a jet-powered beer cooler. Now tell us how this works. I can't imagine how you use a jet engine to cool beer. I would think that would heat beer.

Mr. SIMON JANSEN: It heats ...

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