Bloom energy
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Just saw a segment on 60 minutes about it.
Sounds promising...but so did the segway and cold fusion.
However they have been using this system at ebay headquarters and they saved a hundred grand on their electric bill so I guess we will see.
Looks very inviting, IMO. The only thing wrong with it is that the first ones will be prohibitively expensive; not the $3000 that KR said we should see. If they were $3K and available I would try it.
By the time we see this, if it is all it's cracked up to be, then it will say GE or Siemens on the side cuz if I were that guy I'd take the hundreds of millions they offer and buy an island.
I do hope it works out. But really it isn't a panacea, they said it uses half the natural gas of a power plant. Well that's still fossil fuels to buy right?
I do hope it works out. But really it isn't a panacea, they said it uses half the natural gas of a power plant. Well that's still fossil fuels to buy right?
Maybe the guy is like Edison in that he wants to keep coming up with new stuff for as long as he can. I think I'd be doing that if I were him. I like stuff that keeps me interested. Lolling around on a beach for the rest of my life sounds boring.
BTW, they said it used half the gas the plant normally used.
G.E. is a pain. A lot of inferior products, IMO. Probably because they use Chinese diodes, resistors, CBs, etc.