Bloom Box-- Fuel Cell

[Whale of a Wash]

Yesterday the Arnold in Ca. and the inventor with collin Powell on the Board of directors unveiled a fuel cell for houses --Electricity and Hot water. About $3k for a house. This link has a 60 min video. Pretty interesting
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml

 

[Waxman]

Read some of the 60 minutes interview from the link. Sounds interesting!

 

[Jeff_L]

Seen this on the news as well, several large companies have them installed already. I think Google was one of them.

 

[Waxman]

Yes, Google and Ebay, too.

I don't get how they can use cut sand dyed w/ink as a fuel. But hey that's probably why I'm 40 and scrubbing cars for a living.

 

[Whale of a Wash]

their fuelcell is using biogas nat gas, or methane. In some of the tests were using oxygen on one side , and the gas on the other. . It produces CO2, heat, and electricity. If using hydrogen in a fuel cell , one of the net results is water with the combination of H Hydrogen and O2 oxygen the combination is H2O. They were invented in the 1800's, but the efficiency was really low. The operation is alot like a battery with the two plates, as the gas passes thru them. Its an electrochemical reaction.

 

[Waxman]

I know I am ready for a great alternative/new to us energy production source/method to be created and manufactured here in the U.S.

Why not? Git R Dun.