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glatt · 10-07-2013, 08:10 PM

I missed this. Details?

Griff · 10-07-2013, 08:28 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2013, 08:39 PM

I think we better hold off on the Champaign for a bit.

Lamplighter · 10-07-2013, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think we better hold off on the Champaign for a bit.

You're just bitter because the cold fusion out of Utah lost all it's bubbles.

glatt · 10-08-2013, 08:07 AM

Well, I think in the here and now, Bloom Energy Boxes are very interesting. Imagine having a box the size of a cinder block that hooks up to your natural gas service and powers your house with electricity for a portion of the cost that the electric company charges you to generate the same power and send it to you over the wires.

Already the boxes are powering large corporate facilities. And it may only be a couple of years before they get scaled down to residential size. I'm not sure what will happen to the price of natural gas if they really catch on. Gas is cheap now, will there be increased demand with Bloom Boxes? Or will it be offset by reduced demand from the power companies?

10-07-2013, 08:28 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-07-2013, 08:39 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think we better hold off on the Champaign for a bit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-07-2013, 08:10 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I missed this. Details?

10-08-2013, 08:07 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, I think in the here and now, Bloom Energy Boxes are very interesting. Imagine having a box the size of a cinder block that hooks up to your natural gas service and powers your house with electricity for a portion of the cost that the electric company charges you to generate the same power and send it to you over the wires. Already the boxes are powering large corporate facilities. And it may only be a couple of years before they get scaled down to residential size. I'm not sure what will happen to the price of natural gas if they really catch on. Gas is cheap now, will there be increased demand with Bloom Boxes? Or will it be offset by reduced demand from the power companies?

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