andresayz4545 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

uh hello all the radiation produced by the power plant is absorbed by the concrete shell that surrounds it duh, plus jettisoning the waste into space is a viable alternative as well can you do that with all the co2 created by fossil fuel poqer plants?

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

Radioactive moron? They're able to recycle rods now. Rods are tiny also, we have a 40 billion dollar facility to place them in. It's a much better concept then pumping shitloads of nasty fumes into the sky you twat.

xaxaas4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

waste is nearly nothing? NOTHING but radioactive moron!

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

Only they talking talking and talking but they doing everything so that it doesn't happen this way...

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

Swedish submarines run on stirling engines (for silence). They are also used as commercial cryocoolers. (Stirling engines, not the subs...)

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

Poster said "If true, we may be able to kiss nuclear power plants good bye." in description. What?? Nuclear power is GREAT, the newest plant we have operational at the moment is from the early 70's and it's virtually impossible to make melt down by any terrorist act or otherwise. Waste is nearly nothing and we have 50 billion dollar Yukka Mountain built for storing the rods. What we need to get rid of is oil and coal plants that throw crap into the air and which use non-renewable resources.

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

Sadly, it is far from commercially successful. "Major reliability problems with ...Stirling engine included [too numerous too mention]. That means that on average once every 40 hours a problem of some type required shut down and maintenance. Nearly continuous maintenance was necessary to keep the system "available" to generate electricity." From Barry Butler, a PhD expert in Stirling solar technology. google kdfullerblogspot and go to 4/17/08

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

the fan running off the heat on top of a wood stove is a good use of sterling. directly coupled to the source application. Commercially successful?

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

it wouldnt block it by that much

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

I think wind machines would block sun, but I thought of putting them around oil pumps down around Artisia NM. Roads are there allready, and so is a wire to each pump. I think PV is allready the winner as far as ecomomy though.