Randomiser wrote:TN4994 wrote:
The Stirling engine!!!
Why do we develop one technology over another.
Cost, and ease of manufacture and maintenance are a few of the reasons.
Another is generating interest in one over the other.
Safehold has the Prohibitions interfering with technological development as well.
I wonder if we could sneak a hand-crank flashlight (torch) past an inquisitor (for a price).Henry Brown wrote:Regarding the hand-crank flashlight idea, you COULD make the argument that it is muscle powered. Which is allowable. I realize that this is a bit of a stretch in the interpretation. But is it really more of a stretch than the argument Paityr Wylsynn put forth when he ruled that steam was permissible under the proscriptions?
Yes! And they won't be producing tungsten filament bulbs any time soon either.
And with a little bit of help from Merlin, they can go directly to the Light Emitting Diode, and skip the tungsten and argon altogether.