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The primary design driver for railroad locomotives is low maintainence cost and low
downtime. Fuel cost is secondary to that. So Stirlings might not be that good. Does
anyone know about their reliability record?

<t>Ah, I misunderstood. I thought that you were going to run the Stirling engine between the hot sea water in the hurricane tower and the cold mushroom shell. Instead if I understand correctly, you are going to use the mushroom shell as the hot side of the Stirling engine and dump heat into cold sea...

<t>Ah, I misunderstood. I thought that you were going to run the Stirling engine between the hot sea water in the hurricane tower and the cold mushroom shell. Instead if I understand correctly, you are going to use the mushroom shell as the hot side of the Stirling engine and dump heat into cold sea...

<t>Maybe you could power a Stirling engine from this temperature difference, but you wouldn't want to because you are already using it to run another heat engine. The process of evaporation and condensation that is purifying the water is effectively a heat engine running off the temperature differen...

<t>Maybe you could power a Stirling engine from this temperature difference, but you wouldn't want to because you are already using it to run another heat engine. The process of evaporation and condensation that is purifying the water is effectively a heat engine running off the temperature differen...

<t>I've heard of people converting gas powered cars to electric. They find a used car that needs a new engine, and replace it with an electric engine and batteries. A small Stirling engine could extend the range of this type of vehicle while maintaining quiet operation and environmental friendliness...