>From Don W.: > http://www.bloomenergy.com/ > > http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ > > http://green.venturebeat.com/2010/02/19/fuel-cell-maker-bloom-energy-finally-sheds-cloak-of-mystery-this-sunday/ > > Google the following: > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > bloom energy fuel cell > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=bloom+energy+fuel+cell&aq=1sx&aqi=g-s1g-sx2g-s1g-sx6&oq=bloomenergy
Needless to say rampant blogging, both pro and con, is in full swing in regards to the legitimacy of this new technology. I hope they succeed. Inevitably a few bloggers have already speculated that certain fossil fuel energy companies will try to buy them out so that the technology can be buried - out-of-sight out-of-mind. I find such speculation to be absurd. If anything natural gas companies should be jumping up and down for glee. They will help fund it! The rampant manufacture of bloom boxes spreading across the planet like an unchecked virus is likely to guarantee a bright & secure future for all natural gas companies and their share holders for decades to come. What interests me more is the likelihood that bloom boxes may help usher in a subtle shift in global consciousness as individuals, neighborhood, villages, and countries begin to realize the fact that it is no longer necessary to rely on the construction of centralized (and vulnerable to terrorism) power plants. The planet's consciousness will gradually swing towards a novel concept: That energy self-sufficiency starts in the home, and not at some massive power plant located 300 miles away. Later, as newer and even more exotic AE technologies, such as cold fusion, or BLP finally get their act in gear and start manufacturing their own devices I suspect there will be few BloomBox customers who will bat and eye and trade in their "bloomboxes" for an even better and cleaner (a true CO2 free) technology. I suspect it's likely that most of the developing countries, particularly those with undeveloped centralized power infrastructures in place, are likely to reap tremendous benefits from the "bloombox" - probably far more immediate benefits than most developed nations are likely to feel. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
