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Thermodynamics requires temperature gradients, unless the object you're taking energy from is much hotter than it's surroundings then any energy extracted will
by mlindner 5y ago
Thermodynamics requires temperature gradients, unless the object you're taking energy from is much hotter than it's surroundings then any energy extracted will be minimal and could be offset by the extra energy needed to run the collecting device.
- thehappypm 5y agoThis is true and so the solution isn’t really like some magic free power system, it’s more a tool we can use a niche applications where it might be more straightforward to just wrap something around a hot pipe and get a few watts of power than to run electrical wiring.