# Catch the Fire!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-the-fire/199439>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-the-fire/199439 "2003-09-04T01:30:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-the-fire/199439/1 "2003-09-04T01:30:17Z")

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A Solar Powered Generator for the Masses

An article in “Discover” mag. Aug. 2003 issue, “Catch the Fire” tells the story of the quest by a group in Pasadena CA for a solar powered Stirling engine generator.  
This is the first unit reasonabley priced and of a design likely to be suitable for the home onwner to install, maintain and pump juice back into the power mains for an electric bill redit.

[Catch the Fire](http://discover.com/aug_03/featfire.html)  
🙂