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The master plan · 04-14-14, 04:40 AM

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Interesting...he thinks the price will be $3000 for a homeowner when they become available.

Bloom Box: The Alternative Energy that Terrifies Obama - YouTube

AC_Hacker · 04-14-14, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by The master plan

Interesting...he thinks the price will be $3000 for a homeowner when they become available.

Terrified Obama?

I think Bloom energy has about ten years to go.

And is likely to stay that way.

-AC

Elcam84 · 04-14-14, 07:10 PM

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.

The master plan · 04-14-14, 07:42 PM

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.

Elcam84 · 04-14-14, 08:38 PM

Well maybe you could run it off of wood gas.

I don't understand 90% of the videos or names on youtube....

ecomodded · 04-16-14, 07:34 PM

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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04-14-14, 07:10 PM	#3
Elcam84 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: TX Posts: 275 Thanks: 2 Thanked 31 Times in 24 Posts	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
The master plan Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central MN Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	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
Elcam84 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: TX Posts: 275 Thanks: 2 Thanked 31 Times in 24 Posts	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
ecomodded Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Island,Canada. Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 116 Thanked 100 Times in 87 Posts	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.