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Wed, 24 February 2010 14:33

ljdavick

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Did anyone catch the piece on 60 Minutes this weekend about Bloom Energy's fuel cells? Of course they come from our very own Silicon Valley, the cradle of innovation. (I'm such a snob!)

They have units in "production" now that are powering Google, FedEx, ebay, and so on, as well as our local Fox affiliate KTVU.

It seems that the founder wants to deploy these to homeowners, and is projecting that in 5 - 10 years a $3,000 unit will be available to power a house. They operate on natural gas, propane, methane, diesel, etc., but do not use combustion for electric generation.

After reading Jim B's Daily Pose about the Onan owner who wanted Jim to own it after making a repair I though that our clatter boxes might be short lived. If a fuel cell can power a home, why not a motor home. At least the genset could be replaced.

Then again how big of an electric motor would we need to replace the 455?

There is a good write up on Green Tech's site:
<http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Bloom-Energy-Revealed/>

Also, the San Jose Mercury News has an article about today's news conference with Colin Powell and our very own Governator, Arnold.

<http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14461347>

The future is looking bright.

Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy

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		Fuel Cells By: ljdavick on Wed, 24 February 2010 14:33
		Re: Fuel Cells By: Harry on Wed, 24 February 2010 15:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Cells By: ljdavick on Wed, 24 February 2010 15:16
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		Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Cells By: ljdavick on Wed, 24 February 2010 15:18
		Re: Fuel Cells By: Ken Burton on Thu, 25 February 2010 04:24
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		Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Cells By: ljdavick on Wed, 24 February 2010 17:24
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