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[Ahmabeliever]

OK. I've found wee steam engines, steam dredges (steam pump, that is!), steam engines designed for household power (standby power, but close to what I want already!)

Some beautiful wee motors with unbelievable pulling power.

I'm dead keen to hear from folks with ideas about this. I'm not interested in 'can't be done'. It can.

Several problematic areas, all to do with safety around steam, and maintenance to keep safety high.

Also interested in TP/steam power for greenhousing.

Dream time...

I think you could set up an orchard/fish farm/greenhouse/mushroom farm/TP generator.

All running on each others wastes.

One day this type of idea will be standard, and isolated mono-product farms will be history.

There is, for those inclined, vast money to be made finding applications for industry trash. It's become very trendy to do so as well. Free materials, just add funding, knowledge, and initiative.

Im about bored with waiting for science to tell us the 'secret of TP' which over 2 years ago they said would take 2 years.....

What I see happening - Govts and Corporations will tie up TP in legal mumbo jumbo and all the pioneers will be shat upon. Govts and corporations will cash in, fuel will remain expensive in any form, and people will remain stuck in parkinsons law - spending as much or slightly more than they earn. JOB = just over broke, how they like us to be.

Regulations will abound on steam, bio-gas, syngas, any form of fuel we can make for ourselves. Scaremongers (govt funded science) will publish lengthy reports on the dangers of these fuels and the neccessity for professional supervision. Govts will heed these reports well, for the greater good, and control fuel production, whilst sleeping with Mobil and others.

Our own officiousness will be our undoing as 3rd world countries will freely power themselves up using many of the latest green techs, and we will be too busy making new laws to govern new power, justifying dinosaurs, waiting for science to green light things, and increasing our debts.

I'll see how it pans out, I'll be most interested to read this again in 20 years.