[tonypags]

Thermal energy is heat. Not cold. Heat is being transferred from the retail cellar to the coolant.

The prosecution is right, they are paying to cool the retail cellar. But you can't produce cold, you can only remove heat.

The judge is MORE right, the argument that thermal energy is being stolen is not factual.

I don't see how this heat exchange could have been avoided. Why didn't the beer guy just get some more insulation?