Food for Thought: Our World

[onepower]

Fritz

It is really important that we become a collective, make good on our evoilution. Stand for your future, become one.

Become a collective? what are you...Borg?, I find that a little strange because many say we should all work together then in the same breath they say globalization is the devils work. Apparently the globalization conspiracy people don't understand that "globalization" is everyone working together for the greater good. However nobody ever accused them of being the sharpest tool in the shed.

However tRumpty dumpty nailed when he implied if others are going to judge the U.S. because they start illegal wars and torture/assassinate people, gerry rig the world economy through threats and intimidation and act like all around pychopaths then they want no part of globalization. The problem is every legitimate job on the planet requires an education, relevant skills and some kind of intelligence but not politics and any old dipshit can obviously fill the position.

The problem is that there are no global standards and minimum qualifications for leaders to weed out the psychopaths before they are given power. Thus we will destroy most of mankind and the environment again and history will repeat itself. It's kind of like saying I know that when we gave that monkey a loaded gun last time he blew his head off but this time the monkey is slightly smarter and we have a safety. See the monkey is smarter and he can remove the safety and oh shit...boom. Unfortunately this mankind it's just another variation of the same old shit show mankind that destroyed themselves last time, damn dirty apes.

[FriskyFritz]

No I am not Borg, however Ants are a mighty powerful species, simply because they work as one. People need their identity and that is where globalisation went wrong!
Good and Evil will always exist, while one may win the battle one can never win the War, for there will always be balance. Some tempted by Good, some tempted by Evil.
This world has had many battles won by Evil, the struggle has been getting worse for family's for decades, suffering more with every day that passes. Long suffering is the path away from Evil and as more people become tired of their suffering, more people become stubborn and make a real effort to make things better! This is why Evil can never win! Temptation is why Good can never win! So we must push for balance, Good people stubborn to make a change tired of the suffering!

Extraterrestrial species must look down on us and thing: "I wonder if these stupid people will ever grow up?"

The biggest problem we have is too many give up on the rest, throw the towel in. That's why we keep failing. If we do destroy ourselves, at least I know I tried!
Fritz

[Grumage]

It is a Stirling engine. A decent sized one as well although they are very limited in power output.

Indeed it is !!

Here's a half scale " special " I recently built from castings that I used to market. This design is very compact by comparison.

https://youtu.be/kJ30ubhD_Fg

A father and son " duet " of the same engine but with the more complex displacer piston drive.

https://youtu.be/5VW0Zi-f7g0

Cheers Graham.

[kolbacict]

Should there be a valve in the piston head? We could not start the work, probably because there was no valve at all. There was only a hole. Because it's very old.
Do you need to fill in water?

[Temporal Visitor]

Should there be a valve in the piston head? We could not start the work, probably because there was no valve at all. There was only a hole. Because it's very old.
Do you need to fill in water?

This engine does not use water, it is a "hot air" design (TTBOMK). The fit and seal of both the pistons is very important. Your photo's show the displacer piston shaft slide is rusty as well as the bore it slides through. That slide needs to be clean, well sealed and very free.
You can PM me if you like.