'Waste' heat?
I was just wondering whether the 'waste' heat from the chips could be used to generate electricity? After all, classical power stations (i.e. not solar or wind) basically boil water into steam to turn turbines which generate electricity (which is passed into the national grid down aluminium* cables to transformers down more cables to my home where I use it to heat an element in a kettle to boil water to make a cup of tea). A Stirling engine attached to the system would surely be whirling away.
*( "aluminium" because I am English, not North American. )
Biting the hand that feeds IT
