The Bloom Box

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flight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0	Message 976143 - Posted: 6 Mar 2010, 4:08:26 UTC A must see, hopefully this guy can do what he claims with his bloom box, here is a video done by 60 minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=related;photovideo and here is the website http://www.bloomenergy.com/ ID: 976143 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 976379 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 2:01:37 UTC - in response to Message 976143. A must see, hopefully this guy can do what he claims with his bloom box, here is a video done by 60 minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=related;photovideo and here is the website http://www.bloomenergy.com/ Does it use fossil fuels as the energy source (natural gas or fuel oil)? BOINC WIKI ID: 976379 ·

Mumps [MM] Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Feb 08 Posts: 4454 Credit: 100,893,853 RAC: 30	Message 976381 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 2:11:43 UTC - in response to Message 976379. A must see, hopefully this guy can do what he claims with his bloom box, here is a video done by 60 minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=related;photovideo and here is the website http://www.bloomenergy.com/ Does it use fossil fuels as the energy source (natural gas or fuel oil)? It can use Natural Gas or even BiosGas. The big deal is the reaction chamber needs to be very hot. (I think one place I read around 1500 Celcius.) But the amount of fuel needed to produce that kind of heat, which in turn allows the BloomBox to produce power, is significantly less than the amount required by the current infrastructure to produce the same amount of power. This also applies to the CO2 emissions. Even though it currently does use a fossil fuel (Natural Gas) in most installations, it produces significantly less emissions than your power company currently does to produce the same amount of energy. I believe it was actually in the 60 minutes video that they mention the E-Bay installation was expecting to convert over to BioGas soon. ID: 976381 ·

Dena Wiltsie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26	Message 976385 - Posted: 7 Mar 2010, 2:16:59 UTC It has been looked at as to weather it's worth while and you can find the review here. ID: 976385 ·

flight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0	Message 977030 - Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 3:21:23 UTC Either way, i think its cool, hope it works for the dude ID: 977030 ·

AndyW Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18	Message 977081 - Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 10:15:04 UTC - in response to Message 977030. Either way, i think its cool, hope it works for the dude If only to make energy supplies more affordable again. I have read of so many people going cold this Winter as they simply can't afford to keep up with the high energy bills. ID: 977081 ·

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