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		JumpCrisscross 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator... Could you run a plant with less-refined fuel if it doesn’t need to temp up to boil water?

aeonik 5 months ago [–]

You could literally run it on the waste.

The question becomes is the power production worth the operation and maintenance costs.

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