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I used a Coffee Can for the displacer on my Meyers Stirling fan. Having little experience with Stirling engines, I would have thought it would run faster on the wood stove. On a previous post someone mentioned cans with rounded bottoms. My Coffee Can does have the original crimped sealing lip...

I recently completed, except for painting, my Myers stove fan. It was a bit of a pain because of working with the castings and working around the Coleman cylinder dimensions. I had to order two Coleman Cylinders as the first was low quality and I broke it. The second, made in Germany, was...

Energy Subsidies? Everyone might want to look at this data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidies_in_the_United_States Just remember that Oil and Gas has been subsidized way before Wind and Solar. Like 1916 so over a century. Here is another historical link about energy subsidies...

The cost of electricity in the US has been increasing, but just look at what it was per kWh decades ago and what it is now. Not your bill, the rate per kWh. Compare that to your house, car, food, etc. Electricity is a bargain. Well of course not, there are losses in charging back the...

As an owner of a 2014 fully electric Leaf, I have to comment on the reply by Davidyat. 1: WA State charges EV owners $150.00 per year for road tax, which, at our electricity rate in WA State, is more than the electricity we buy to run the car per year. 2: I, as many have, calculated the cost...

I also have to recommend the book. Towards the end, the main character is on the Olympic Peninsula where I live now and have my shop. Slide Rule by Nevil Shute is another good read.