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Cherryman;
He said you can run it on any fuel, including solar, and I assume methane which could be produced from many sources. Also claimed it will run for 30-50 years as it has no moving parts. Also, at $3,000.00-$15,000 not free, but it's a bargain and would pay for itself in 1-5 years or less. I think the people at Google, Fedex, or others he mentioned figured that out & they are no dummies. Neither is Bloom Tech; at the prices they are charging for the current large units they have sold ($750,000-$850,000) and installed they have already recovered a healthy chunk of their investment.
Sucahyo;
What Hydrogen: what stored Oxygen? He only mentions air and a fuel to run it. That fuel is used chemically, not burned. Notice no exhaust pipe sticking out anywhere. I suspect he has different models to run on solar, etc. or the current model can be adapted to any fuel source. As the fuel and air going in appear to be totally consumed in the chemical process and the only product of the cell is electricity, what pollution?
Jibb;
On the whole a good post. I had the same thought and I think they are probably already working on that and will deploy it when they get the size down and can mass produce them, same problems as on the large units. They are still a relatively small company and can only do so much at a time. I think K.R.'s attitude shows his desire is to truly produce an invention he is proud of and which will benefit mankind. As to secrecy, who would not keep their work secret until all was ready to reveal and patented to protect their investors and keep it from being pirated by other companies like G.E. or Westinghouse? Most of the components like the actual cell and the inks could not be replicated by small inventors in any case for individual replication even if they looked the patents up.
In any case this was an initial announcement to spur interest. I'm sure more detailed info. will be provided as the story develops that will answer many questions and end a lot of speculation. Just give it time and see what develops. In the meantime I just hope some gigantic company doesn't buy them out and bury it, scuttle it, or raise the price so it becomes unaffordable.
Al
Cherryman;
In other words:
Clean? maybe (It still needs some kind of fuel)
Renewable? Doesn't look like it
Free?: No
Clean? maybe (It still needs some kind of fuel)
Renewable? Doesn't look like it
Free?: No
Sucahyo;
Fuel cell is not green, do not reduce pollution, do not reduce our dependency to fossil fuel as long as industry still use fossil fuel to produce the hydrogen. They not going to use solar or wind soon enough to prevent the additional pollution by fuel cell technology. Don't expect the industry will use alternative method of producing hydrogen because for safety, the hydrogen produced must be 99.99% free of oxygen. A little bit of oxygen in storage means kaboom.
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Jibb;
But i did find it interesting that not one word about it being used in "vehicles" was mentioned: Is "60 Minutes" that ignorant; not to ask so elemental a question? I think not
In any case this was an initial announcement to spur interest. I'm sure more detailed info. will be provided as the story develops that will answer many questions and end a lot of speculation. Just give it time and see what develops. In the meantime I just hope some gigantic company doesn't buy them out and bury it, scuttle it, or raise the price so it becomes unaffordable.
Al
