Nothing wrong with that idea... Just that the cost of the stirling engines
do make it unfeasible. I'm an engineer, we aren't allowed to ignore that.

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> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of James Humes
> Sent: 2005 Sep 27, Tue 14:26
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> Subject: Re: [OT] Solar Steam Engines...
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> Here is an idea i had when in school after seeing a small 
> stirling engine that operated by placing it on top of a mug 
> of hot coffee... after you helped the engine overcome 
> starting torque, it kept itself quite nicely.
> Ignoring feasibility (I did major in math, we're allowed to 
> do that), my idea was to build quite a few stirling engines 
> along those lines but upside down.. (ie, the cooling section 
> is on the bottom). Now, bury the cooling section and leave 
> the part you must heat above ground in a sunny place. Once 
> the temperature differential is in the right place, give them 
> a start. So, on each engine we put a small generator and 
> trickle charge our batteries.
>  Go ahead, I'm ready for all the many things I haven't 
> thought of that make this a bad idea:p  James
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