In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:47:30 +0100: Hi, [snip] >This would indeed work Robin, but their system seems more complicated, the wax >expansion energy is stored somehow according to the WHOI News Release here: >http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&cid=37008&ct=162
I think you may be reading a little too much into the word "stored". Literally, energy is stored in the form of heat in the warm wax. That may be all that the reporter meant. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.

