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Brian’s backyard Sun Powered Parabolic mirror driven Stirling engine mastermind I am starting this thread because of what is currently happening in South Africa. Where I live their is daily load shedding (for those unfamiliar with load shedding, it is a phenomena in South Africa where areas in cities and towns electricity are shut down for extensive periods due to the national grid not having enough capacity to provide electricity to all areas. You can also ask chatgpt to learn more about this ). The situation is getting more serious everyday with possible grid failures in the future and the State enterprise company not being able to fully fund the necessary repair electricity nor fulfil power generation requests. https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/eskom-to-post-record-r212-billion-loss-for-the-last-year-20230530 To me Brian's idea of using a parabolic dish and cold air battery seems to be a practical and much more efficient solution to the current crisis in South Africa. Currently private companies and home owners who can afford it are installing solar arrays with lithium batteries +inverters at high cost. Brian's idea is a lot more affordable and I think might empower a lot of people in South Africa with a sustainable supply of electricity. I think Brian's solution is much more practical for what is currently happening South Africa for the following reasons: It seems a lot more cheaper than the current technologies being used to be less independent of the power grid. It seems cheaper to maintain and maybe even easier to install It is something that could possibly be locally produced in South Africa. It seems like a solution that might be faster to implement than the current solar panels for homes. I am specifically speaking about homes with this point. This technology might also be affordable for low income families and not just medium to high income households. It does seem from Brian's tweets that this system (the liquid air battery included) will give enough power for the demands of an average South African household. What are others thoughts on this? I would love to build these things to help people, I am just not sure where to start neither do I have the technical skillset. It seems like a much needed solution for a problem that is affecting my country's economy in real time. Maybe other countries around the world also have a similar problem. I am also not sure about the legal part of this? Is there certain permissions one has to obtain from US patent office or is there a way to build an air battery that does not infringe copyright that is 100% ethical and legal? I did some research on south african universities who looked at viability of parabolic dishes and their focus was more on using parabolic dishes with lithium batteries and inverters. Would love to hear ideas about this and how this could potentially be turned into reality. Here are some of Brian's tweets that inspired me about this topic: https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1663551747317731335 https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1584916138936643591 https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1584921891248041984 I am starting this thread because of what is currently happening in South Africa. Where I live their is daily load shedding (for those unfamiliar with load shedding, it is a phenomena in South Africa where areas in cities and towns electricity are shut down for extensive periods due to the national grid not having enough capacity to provide electricity to all areas. You can also ask chatgpt to learn more about this ). The situation is getting more serious everyday with possible grid failures in the future and the State enterprise company not being able to fully fund the necessary repair electricity nor fulfil power generation requests. https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/eskom-to-post-record-r212-billion-loss-for-the-last-year-20230530 To me Brian's idea of using a parabolic dish and cold air battery seems to be a practical and much more efficient solution to the current crisis in South Africa. Currently private companies and home owners who can afford it are installing solar arrays with lithium batteries +inverters at high cost. Brian's idea is a lot more affordable and I think might empower a lot of people in South Africa with a sustainable supply of electricity. I think Brian's solution is much more practical for what is currently happening South Africa for the following reasons: It seems a lot more cheaper than the current technologies being used to be less independent of the power grid. It seems cheaper to maintain and maybe even easier to install It is something that could possibly be locally produced in South Africa. It seems like a solution that might be faster to implement than the current solar panels for homes. I am specifically speaking about homes with this point. This technology might also be affordable for low income families and not just medium to high income households. It does seem from Brian's tweets that this system (the liquid air battery included) will give enough power for the demands of an average South African household. What are others thoughts on this? I would love to build these things to help people, I am just not sure where to start neither do I have the technical skillset. It seems like a much needed solution for a problem that is affecting my country's economy in real time. Maybe other countries around the world also have a similar problem. I am also not sure about the legal part of this? Is there certain permissions one has to obtain from US patent office or is there a way to build an air battery that does not infringe copyright that is 100% ethical and legal? I did some research on south african universities who looked at viability of parabolic dishes and their focus was more on using parabolic dishes with lithium batteries and inverters. Would love to hear ideas about this and how this could potentially be turned into reality. Here are some of Brian's tweets that inspired me about this topic: https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1663551747317731335 https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1584916138936643591 https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1584921891248041984
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