Henning wrote:
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Not even a turbine and generator.
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Turbine? Generator? Nosuch nonesuch present. That’s kind of the whole point. No steam or spinnin’ magnets.
You’re still on the mode, that direct conversion is enough. That the efficency [efficiency] of induction and photovoltaics is good enough to get out more than is put in. It won’t.
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Well, that’s the basic LPP claim, and I’m sticking with it till I see good reason not to. The cost of steam-cycle generation is many times higher than direct conversion, so if direct conversion has a Q>1, it is impossible to justify spending a cent on Carnot cycle stuff.
IMO.
