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[[Category:Ideas]] [[Category:Energy]] | [[Category:Ideas]] [[Category:Energy]] |
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Things too big for me to implement alone or at present.
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Stirling Engines
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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
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Geothermal Energy
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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
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Mine-shaft as geothermal electricity source
- Stirling engine generator
- side-effects:
- power transmission flexibility
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