Thermoelectric Stoves: Ditch the Solar Panels?

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https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/05/thermoelectric-stoves-ditch-the-solar-panels/

Found this on the lowtech magazine. What are your toughts?

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My thinking was steam engines are 100s of years old technology.

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Looking into their blog again just to be sure, it appears they think a return to, I guess medieval/bronze-age technology is ideal? Based on this quote:

Where might one look for meaning? The guideline is simple. If it requires non-renewable materials, modern forms of energy (fossil fuels, nuclear, electricity from any source), industrial processes, or purchase with money, then it’s probably best to treat it as being devoid of meaning.

I assume they would consider a steam engine as falling under industrial processes.

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If that is the case you certainly don’t get thermoelectric generators

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Definitely not :p

(just to clarify, the OP article from Lowtech Magazine about thermoelectric generators is in no way related to the Primitivism guy wanting no tech).

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Ahh that makes a bit more sense.

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