Re: KR Sridar and Bloom Energy's "Bloom Box"

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:10:09 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:09 -0800 (PST), Greegor
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n
>>
>>KR Sridhar and Bloom Energy's "Bloom Box"
>>
>>New type of fuel cell takes in natural gas and ambient Oxygen
>>and produces electricity.
>>
>>eBay, Google and other major corporations already
>>have units outside their buildings.
>>
>>He originally designed the gadget to produce
>>Oxygen on Mars, but when NASA rejected it
>>he reversed the process to be a fuel cell.
>>
>>This thing sounds so good that Greenies and
>>even non Greenies can get excited.
>
>Read the comments. The watermelons think it runs only on Oxygen :-(

Yeah, and you do not really care what the watermelons imagine anyway.
You just like spouting off about their silliness.
>
>And Stahl says, "NO emissions" ???

Stahl is another techno-twit. His job is money, nor does he hit 100%.
What i care about is price, function, operating costs, and longevity.
The article already noted issues with air filters clogging; -> operating
costs.
>
>Damn! It seems like every con man out there is trying to topple Al
>Gore from "Top Charlatan" ;-)
>
> ...Jim Thompson

I am going to wait and see on this one. Directly converting chemical
energy to electrical energy sidesteps the heat mode with very lossy
boilers and turbines. If the reactions are right it may be doable,
but proven longevity has NOT been demonstrated.

On 27/02/2010 14:11, JosephKK wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:10:09 -0700, Jim Thompson<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:09 -0800 (PST), Greegor
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n
>>>
>>> KR Sridhar and Bloom Energy's "Bloom Box"
>>>
>>> New type of fuel cell takes in natural gas and ambient Oxygen
>>> and produces electricity.
>>>
>>> eBay, Google and other major corporations already
>>> have units outside their buildings.
>>>
>>> He originally designed the gadget to produce
>>> Oxygen on Mars, but when NASA rejected it
>>> he reversed the process to be a fuel cell.
>>>
>>> This thing sounds so good that Greenies and
>>> even non Greenies can get excited.
>>
>> Read the comments. The watermelons think it runs only on Oxygen :-(
>
> Yeah, and you do not really care what the watermelons imagine anyway.
> You just like spouting off about their silliness.
>>
>> And Stahl says, "NO emissions" ???
>
> Stahl is another techno-twit. His job is money, nor does he hit 100%.
> What i care about is price, function, operating costs, and longevity.
> The article already noted issues with air filters clogging; -> operating
> costs.
>>
>> Damn! It seems like every con man out there is trying to topple Al
>> Gore from "Top Charlatan" ;-)
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
> I am going to wait and see on this one. Directly converting chemical
> energy to electrical energy sidesteps the heat mode with very lossy
> boilers and turbines. If the reactions are right it may be doable,
> but proven longevity has NOT been demonstrated.

Biggest problem is usually a poisoned catalyst

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Dirk

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