Without big business and government interest this project would not have got of the ground ! I tried about 10 years ago to obtain enough material to build 5 prototypes, but the only two sources in the World the US and French governments refused to supply this active crystal material. A clue to how important it is to these governments. This ENECO Solid State Chip will enable another big step forward and reduce environmental emissions with substantial fuel savings and no noise when running. The heat from your hand will be enough to start the Stirling Engine Thermal Cycle in this Chip and power your laptop until you switch it off. Also the same applies to powering telecommunications for satellites and mobile phones. Medical electronics applications with powering transfusion pumps, x-ray systems and dialysis systems and making them portable would enhance patients life's and help medics do outside analysis on the spot. Aid experiments and the storage of organs and making them transportable with minus 200 degrees centigrade. Military applications would cover silent field generators, low noise tanks and Armoured Personnel Carriers when parked ! current models the huge exhaust pipes bank away 24 hours a day, when expanding and then when contracting. Missiles, planes, boats, submarines, pump action guns, rifles every type of military product can benefit from this Chip. In your home all kitchen appliances and audio/TV/phone products would run on less power. Fuel efficiency in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems would make them low cost and attractive to the public at large. Solar panels and this chip could power your whole house. CHP cars and trucks would travel longer and make them affordable. The web site www.eneco-usa.com and all of this from the Stirling Engine invented in 1880 by the Dr Rev Stirling in Stirling, Scotland.

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2) Making the Sky the only limit, David Rushby, Technology, Financial Times, Friday September 14 1990.

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