Power generating using lava lamp system

A convective power generation method, the method being performed by a convective power generation system comprising:

• a tank containing:
• a continuous belt with collecting cups, wherein the continuous belt is held taut by at least one of a pair of rotating devices, including a top rotating device near a top of the tank and a bottom rotating device near a bottom of the tank;
• and
• a metal plate arranged vertically inside the tank between a vertical side wall of the tank and the top rotating device and the bottom rotating device and is substantially parallel to the vertical side wall and forms a pathway between the metal plate and the vertical side wall of the tank;
• and
• a heat source that applies heat energy toward a bottom portion of the tank that contains wax and oil;
• a gearbox having at least one gear driven by a rotation of the continuous belt;
• and
• a generator driven by the gearbox,
• the method comprising:
• melting, by the heat source, the wax into liquid wax;
• moving, by convection currents in the oil, the liquid wax up through the pathway;
• sliding the liquid wax over a curved portion of the metal plate towards the collecting cups;
• rotating the continuous belt as the liquid wax falls into the collecting cups;
• driving the gearbox by the rotation of the continuous belt;
• and
• rotating the generator which is connected to the gearbox to produce electrical power.