04-14-14, 04:40 AM | #1 |
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Interesting...he thinks the price will be $3000 for a homeowner when they become available. |
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04-14-14, 07:10 PM | #3 |
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Agreed. I remember seeing that several years ago when it aired. Problem is the numbers just don't work out in the end.The cubes in the video don't put out enough power for a house like was lead on and the price is more like triple what was said.
I can see small portable ones being handy for remote sites that don't need starting amperage. |
04-14-14, 07:42 PM | #4 |
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But it is kinda cool. He's not the only one doing it I guess either. Still, if it requires gas, how can it really be called alternate or green energy?
I didn't really understand the name of the video either. |
04-14-14, 08:38 PM | #5 |
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Well maybe you could run it off of wood gas.
I don't understand 90% of the videos or names on youtube.... |
04-16-14, 07:34 PM | #6 |
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Its some kind of a energy exchanger , it will turn natural gas into electricity for a 2 to 1 gain in output.
A heat pump /mini split is 2.5 or 3x more efficient then the bloom , sure the bloom makes 120v.. but so do solar panels. |
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