On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> wrote:
> His problem isn't GETTING the COP -- it's CONTROLLING it. It has to be unconditionally stable -- and the original eCAT wasn't doing that. It's very easy to produce stable electricity from extremely unstable sources. One way would be to use the output to heat a large reservoir, and run the power generator from the reservoir, through regulators and batteries. Wind and solar are irregular, but the power they supply is nicely stable.
