End to All Power Problems


Has anyone heard of Bloom Energy? It's a new technology that many tech companies are now using to generate power off of the grid.

It takes methane (or another similar fuel) and uses fuel cells to chemically convert fuel to power. Check out the 60 minutes segment on it, pretty amazing. I think it could be a huge paradigm type shift for the entire country.

It actually works, and they are hoping to be able to get the cost down to $3000 per house. No more power bill, only a gas bill, and we have tripled our Natural Gas reserves in the country since 2007. Fewer power plants, many fewer transmission wires, less oil........

Oh yeah, and most importantly, clean power to your audio gear.
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Chadnliz- jeez, don't know where to start with that one other than two wrongs do not make a right.

As for methane, it is not just a fossil fuel, but is very easy to produce with organic waste products. The simplest example is cow manure. Farms have been producing their own heat and power that way for years. It would not take much to use this tech with a methane digester hooked up to a homes waste lines. Instead of expending energy to get rid of it, we'd get energy from it. The start up costs would be high, but as energy prices continue to rise it may look more attractive.