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   Ian Stirling to Abrigon Gusiq   
   Re: Variable Output RPG   
   07 Apr 04 13:39:38   
   
   From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk   
      
   Abrigon Gusiq  wrote:   
   > Anyway to store the energy you get from the heat in the inner system,   
   > but then you release it when you get to the outer system?   
   > Photosynthesis or better yet heat instead of light?   
      
      
   If you could do that, while remaining light enough, then you wouldn't bother   
   with the RTG, and just use the energy storage device.   
   In short, no.   
   Batteries top out somewhere around 500Wh/Kg (not for current ones),   
   which a RTG will beat in under a days output, and there is no storage   
   system that's much better.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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