The SDG must be met and in order to do so we must rethink transportation. There is neither the space or time to implement many of the plans now mooted. They should be discarded for those reasons. Pollution and time suggests that the Stirlling engine should replace the internal combustion engine since it can use the existing supply infrastructure and evolve as the world shifts away from fossil fuels. The Stirling was tested by NASA in 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnGlcQiL1c
It is a simple rugged engine suitable for use anywhere within the tropics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c7BGP94eHI
Retro-fitting these engines to automobiles globally will create the jobs and growth for a sustainable future.
This article is part of a series by students in the Sustainable Development program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pensylvania (USA). The articles reveal snapshots of technology that...
The SDG must be met and in order to do so we must rethink transportation. There is neither the space or time to implement many of the plans now mooted. They should be discarded for those reasons. Pollution and time suggests that the Stirlling engine should replace the internal combustion engine since it can use the existing supply infrastructure and evolve as the world shifts away from fossil fuels. The Stirling was tested by NASA in 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnGlcQiL1c
It is a simple rugged engine suitable for use anywhere within the tropics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c7BGP94eHI
Retro-fitting these engines to automobiles globally will create the jobs and growth for a sustainable future.