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Ideas

Things too big for me to implement alone or at present.

Stirling Engines

  • Coupled Stirling engines
    • solar-powered mechanical cooler
      • one Stirling engine is driven by solar heat
      • mechanical coupling
      • second Stirling engine extracts heat from insulated space

Geothermal Energy

  • Mine-shafts as heating/cooling infrastructure
    • use for mines that would have been abandoned
    • direct heating/cooling of cities via ground-source plumbing.
    • side-effects:
      • mine site kept environmentally sound
      • site kept safe for humans
  • Mine-shaft as geothermal energy source
    • Stirling engine generator
    • side-effects:
      • power transmission flexibility

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