Subj : Re: Canadian oil
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Deuce
Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 23:05:00

  Re: Re: Canadian oil
  By: Angus McLeod to Deuce on Fri Sep 02 2005 20:50:00

 >  > Of course, a Stirling engine *can* run on combustion... or ice...
 > 
 > Or the boiling water that issues from my solar heater all day and night.
 > WTF doesn't the company that installs these systems have a Sterling
 > option?

In general, they need to be too large to generate usefull power levels for
residential use.  We're talking something the size of a locomotive.

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