Halobenzene (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What is the efficiency on such a device?

Procrastinatathor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What are specs about this engine? Who made it? Fluid inside?Amazing stuff! This is real greene energy!

Wezzipooh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

so how do i get to work on one of those things?? doesnt look like theres much room for shopping either. whats its top speed? no no i dont think this is going to work at all

trader0108 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Here is a way that a residential house could effectively store solar energy during the five hours of good sunshine, to last for the full twenty-four hours. Use a hydraulic elevator system lifting a very heavy weight, where the energy is stored by the gravity of the weight. When the sun goes down,or when more power is needed during the five hours of good sunshine, the very heavy weight movement is reversed and the hydraulics is used to generate power.

wjbombo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Where can I buy a Stirling Engine? Anyone got any reasonably-priced sources?Thanks.

suddibrit (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wow it's a wonderful masterpiece....i'm in to make such thing now...

truthiness79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hey guys I'm in west leederville in Australia I have spare time I can do the labor and scavenge to help make this, also I have a computer science degree, get in touch!

truthiness79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is beautiful man, thankyou so much for providing inspiration.

wind4watts (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

OK idea for a 1870's Scotsman isn't it!,I saw a simpler heat engine and was fascinating to see,could one or more of these be used to utilise waste heat in central heating/ power stations maybe?. Keep up the good work!

ukolpn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Surely some kind of Stirling turbine would have higher efficiency? We seem to be fixated on pistons..