II. Act: Refrigeration Technology and Energy

Thermodynamics are not an integral part of general education as the following lines quoted from the German news magazine, Spiegel, show: "I've never understood the second law of thermodynamics." A joyous round of knee slapping ensues with cries of "Neither have I." Eberhard Stefani's "Water and Ice" and Guy Respaud's "Fire and Ice" give an indication of what an exclusive art thermodynamics really is.