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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
On a more realistic note though--what about Stirling engines as a charging backup for your mythical EV? They don't need fossil fuels, merely a heat source to operate, and that can be anything. They've been around for 200 years but they've remained more a curiosity (though they were used to run pumps in mines at one time).
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Cool. Now I've learnt of "regenerative heat exchangers". Picturing a little Maxwell's demon sitting there operating the valve. :-)