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Not very effective
Heat engines don't work off heat. They work off temperature differences. If the heat coming off a power plant is not significantly greater than the surrounding ambient temperature, you aren't going to be able to extract any useful work from it.

That said, this idea suffers all the same problem as every other solar energy idea. The fact, absolutely decreed by the laws of physics, that there is no enough energy in solar radiation striking the planet to power an industrial society.

I am much more excited about the portable nuclear power plants Japan is producing. A sealed reactor that provides several megawatts in a structure the size of a water tower and lasts for 20 years.

Now if we could just get rid of the nuclear hysteria holding this thing back...
Posted by: frgough   Posted on: 10/25/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Stirling Engine  agc | 10/25/06
Not very effective  frgough | 10/25/06
I don't agree  Qbt | 10/25/06
One large solar farm is not reality  felix52 | 10/26/06
BINGO!  Linux User 147560 | 10/26/06
and at night?????  gudy | 10/30/06
SW US Solar Farms  Peopleunit | 10/27/06
Algae references  jfinlayson | 10/30/06
Solar  3D0G | 10/25/06
Although it is perfectly possible to do that  Qbt | 10/25/06
Thanx for the info  3D0G | 10/25/06
As to your points...  Qbt | 10/25/06
I found a link talking about salt  Qbt | 10/25/06
couple of points  bruce_mcculley@... | 10/25/06
Agree  Qbt | 10/25/06
Huh?  Qbt | 10/25/06
not a typo  jfinlayson | 10/30/06
100..150 kwH /month is enough for good living  gudy | 10/30/06
One point a lot of people overlook  Linux User 147560 | 10/25/06
One part of the need  aussiedawg | 10/26/06
What would it be worth to you..  SolarUser | 10/26/06
The goal FWIW (for what its worth)  Peopleunit | 10/27/06
Herin lies the problem...  SolarUser | 10/31/06

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