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Dear All,

I’m not a ramper. I have never posted before. I’m merely here to advocate the benefits of an integrated approach to energy conservation.
I’m taking a risk like everyone else. Who cares if this works or not? I only own 10m shares, so it’s not worth ramping as it’s a minuscule part of my portfolio.
If it works, great. If it don’t, so be it.

Funny how there are always people out there crying about what doesn’t work.....thirty years ago the economics of solar PV didn’t stack up. Now they do.....even without FIT. So does biomass, even without RHI. So does Solar Thermal. So does wind....
the world changes. It’s only the sheep that bleet about change.....
I’m not interesting in posting for the sake of feeding a sheep’s desire to bleet.
Ciao

Phimx,
I don’t know. What boiler do you have? What’s its power rating? How often do you use it? What temperature do you have it set at? What’s the sq.ft of your home? When was it last serviced?

As you stated, you’re not a s/h and never will be. Why don’t you take up protesting at Parliament sq. I hear there are nice benches....

Dougal66
Totally agree. My brother is hotel director on one of the fleet for a well known cartoon character cruise line. There are over 4,000 staff on the ship alone, practically one staff per client. They each have a demand for electricity that must be met. They don’t turn lights off on this type of vessel.
But think aviation too. Every plane has an APU which is only there to generate electricity. It burns aviation fuel in addition to the propulsion engines. That’s a dedicated power unit just for sparks. That aside, Inspirit need to scope all the opportunities and rationalise their approach on a basis which delivers the greatest impact and acts as a game changer for the chosen sector, delivering step change advantages in terms of energy (and therefore cost) savings and profitability. That means having a deliverable product with the perception of an adaptable plug and play approach. At the moment, it’s still tying to focus on the boiler....
If it were to approach vehicle manufacturers with a view to the, removing the alternator and replacing it with the Stirling engine, then motor manufacturers could see vehicle emissions drop across the board....but this needs testing.....and I guess that needs paying for.....step up shareholders???

The greater the heat differential from the hot side to the cold side improves performance, so you will see this connected to the exhaust side rather than a water jacket....unless it’s superheated steam, for example....

Braines
A Stirling engine is an EXTERNAL combustion engine. It has nothing to do with Gas. It operates on the principal of temperature differences. There’s plenty of data out there to help you understand how a Stirling Engine operates on principal.

The rationale behind the Inspirit Charger is that there are 20million domestic gas boilers in the uk that burn gas to a level of efficiency, but there is always WASTE HEAT from the exhaust of the boiler. The charger was developed with this in mind. BUT.....there are so many other applications of waste heat that can be identified, exploited, and manipulated in order to meet our climate change targets. Think of the British cycling mantra of Marginal Gains - there is no single technology or action that is going to help us achieve these targets, but a combination of complimentary and co-operative technologies and actions which will work alongside each other to achieve a combined increased reduction in carbon emissions. For example.....any situation where there is waste heat is an opportunity for the deployment of the inspirit stirling engine.....(not the gas boiler, but the engine that sits in the waste heat stream); these include any application where there is an INTERNAL COMBUSTION engine - how hot does your own car engine get, for example? Applying this thought to the marine sector, Ships carry huge amounts of diesel to power their engines, but still need electricity to power ancillary systems such as lighting, motors etc. Plug this into the Cruise line industry and you really start to see the opportunity. Most ships have engines for propulsion and engines for ancillary power. Each of these use generators which drag on the performance of the engine. The Stirling engine sits in the waste stream and does not drag on performance as it is taking advantage of a by-product. Whilst the performance of the Stirling engine is nothing like those of electric generators directly driven by Internal Combustion engines, it’s potential cannot be ignored in a “marginal gains” approach to energy conservation.
Think of a truck that pounds the motorway using diesel, but will soon not be allowed into city centres using the Diesel engine. It will need to switch to electricity. Having spent time charging through the waste heat, along with its alternator, the truck will have achieved improved efficiency at no additional carbon cost, through the addition of a Stirling engine into the waste heat stream...
The opportunity is waste heat. Not the fuel.

Well said Dougal66.
I read this board regularly, have been invested in INSP for years, with varying trades, holding strategies and selling strategies.
I have never felt the need to register, until I see someone like Phimx using the board to vent their apparent sociopathic feelings. It’s just not necessary, creates an environment of distrust and generally causes people to switch off.
FTR. I have a degree in ENV. Science, post grad quals in energy assessment and ESOS. I have done my own research on INSP. I’m overweight in it, but understand the risk it poses to me. That’s my baggage to carry and it’s my risk and my responsibility if it were to go awry. It’s an R&D company to me, and may require some improved leadership and strategic management, but in terms of the direction towards Marine and other markets i.e. licensing, the company has finally seen the potential; getting the company to exploit those opportunities is the next real challenge. This could be why you don’t see much news. JG may not have the right level of skill to take it there, but equally he may.
In my opinion, this bulletin board should be used for constructive thoughts, feedback and communication that is useful. If you need to vent, take up tennis.