Roy (in ) said:

| Check out this site. I knew one of these guys about a lifetime
| ago. He had an old three tailed Mooney he used for aerobatics.
| Anyway, they've been working on this, originally for third world
| applications, since the early 70's.
|
| http://www.sunpower.com/
|
| Athens is a great town. Small town feeling, but high tech due to
| the university.

Thanks! I'd already visited their web site and decided that those
folks and I have very different views about what's affordable for
those developing areas most in need of this kind of technology. I've
saved their home page URL for revisiting from time to time.

Your comments about Athens echo what I've heard from students and
alums. I've never visited there - but think it'd be enjoyable.

I'm very much a newcomer to stirling design - but I've been working
(off and on) on the collection of solar radiation since early 70's and
that first OPEC crunch.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/StirlingProject.html