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18-06-2007, 23:25

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Re: Salt Water Fuel powers a Stirling engine

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Originally Posted by Greg Needel

I am impressed but the issue I have is how much energy is he putting into the system to create the flame. It seems to me that without the effency noted for this process it isn't that big of a breakthrough.

Yeah, I've been trying to find out that question too. No where does it say how much power is radio freq generator uses. If it uses more than it produces, it's not really that energy savings. However it's still pretty crazy I must say.

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