>From Jed: >> Didn't someone donate a Stirling engine to the BLP cause >> awhile ago? I wonder if that setup could be used to >> increase efficiency.
> Stirling engines are inefficient. All small engines are, > but as far as I know, conventional steam turbines are > the best. I don't know what the smallest one is. > > The Chinese make many small water turbine generators that > produce a few hundred watts I think. They are about the > size of a coffee pot. They are used in remote villages to > power LCD televisions and satellite dishes, so that > Chinese people everywhere can watch government propaganda. > > - Jed Fired by communist coal I would imagine. For a few hundred watts, I wonder if in some of those villages a moderate sized communist solar dish could work in heating up a communist boiler during the daytime. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
