Comments on: The Bloom Box: What All the Fuss Is About

By: L. P. Charlson

L. P. Charlson — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:27:57 +0000

A new energy-generating technology that requires no combustion, operates virtually silently, and generates no emissions is the Natural Energy Engine, from Deluge, Inc., also referred to as the “N E Engine,” since it can perform the work of any engine. Check out: http://www.delugeinc.com/mission.aspx

Amazing technology!

By: magnum

magnum — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:31:09 +0000

It was said that the device could be installed in homes, generating both electricity and heat, which would result in big efficiency gains. Commenters on Reddit point out that the real savings may lie in avoiding transmission and maintenance costs with a machine that’s much simpler to handle than a full fledged power plant. Although the boxes cost a lot (up to $800K), the amount of power they allegedly put out more than makes up for it.

Is this the future? http://bit.ly/9uG6Is

By: Bull-Chip

Bull-Chip — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:22:27 +0000

Did anyone see the 60 minutes piece?

By: ng ki

ng ki — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:06 +0000

would anybody enlighten me that whether not not this bloombox emits harmful gas into the atmosphere?

By: A small note for John Kay

A small note for John Kay — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:31:01 +0000

[...] Gosh. This is secretive fuel cell company Bloom Energy’s big week. Tonight 60 Minutes aired an exclusive look inside the Bloom Box, and on Wednesday the company is officially launching, after operating for 8 years and having reportedly raised around $400 million from investors like Kleiner Perkins. [...]

By: Thomas- in - Newport

Thomas- in - Newport — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:40:11 +0000

PS: reads ("If it is from another country then we would still have to keep cost and quality high.") should read ("If it is from another country then we would still have to keep cost low and quality high.")

Thanks.

By: Thomas- in - Newport

Thomas- in - Newport — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:58:14 +0000

Good! Competition breeds lower cost. If we can get 2 or 3 companies in the US building similar equipment they will have to improve their systems and keep the price low to sell the product. If it is from another country then we would still have to keep cost and quality high. I can see this product being used in large apartment buildings. Would it mount on the roof and use solar or would it have to be in the basement? How about college dorms and class buildings? How about federal buildings so they can be "energy independent" in case of an attack on the grid. Those sources using the product first would bring down the cost for home use.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:29:25 +0000

Why assume it runs off of only natural gas..? Please read the article: including solar, landfill gas? Those would result in carbon-neutral emissions, if not carbon-free

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:27:06 +0000

A joke may be a bit far, but I can hardly consider it to be the threat that our "scientists" have made it to be. I'm sure our factories and cars on Mars have been causing serious global warming as well.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:17 +0000

A simple solution is often not well received by society it seems. Centralization may place an additional burden off of an individual's back, but at the cost of efficiency and future protection. Imagine the difficulties of maintaining one entire power line, making sure the wires are up, installed correctly, properly entering every home, etc. Now imagine thousands upon thousands criss-crossing the entire country. By mass-distributing these boxes, they can switch from maintaining each individual line that powers 10 homes, to sending out maintenance teams to each individual box that malfunctions, at excellent profit margins by reducing the actual cost of producing energy. You are right in saying there should be a balance, but a national power grid is far from balanced.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:21:29 +0000

It does not NEED any petroleum input, that fuel source is just an OPTION among the various methods that could be used to power the fuel cell. Of course, in time this will become an "old station wagon", but that station wagon was a step towards the Prius. Every alternative upgrade is merely a step until we have reached a goal, and a cheap fuel cell powered by cheap metal alloys, along with sand? Unimaginable. Today, the hydrogen fuel cell is the station wagon to the Bloom Box, thus is the food chain of technology. Also, imagine trying to produce cheap cars with one factory. Ford managed to beat out his competitors in price by owning hundred of factories, each capable of pushing a new Model-T in little over 10 seconds. Should the box ever be well received by major power companies, well over $100 thousand dollars seems in reach ($3-5000 dollars does seem quite.. irrational)

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:07:54 +0000

@Tom,

Actually, the purpose of the solar would be akin to the gases being used. They are used to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen in H2O, for details, wikipedia. To do this, the water molecules must pass through an electric current, which solar energy could provide.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:36 +0000

The key is in the type of fuel source used. By using land-fill gas, it becomes a carbon-neutral energy generator, producing just as much carbon as would've come out had that gas been exposed to the climate. It also has the potential to use solar energy, which would render it carbon-free.

By: Bloom Energy, Fuel Cells, Not A Good Match For Utilities — Yet

Bloom Energy, Fuel Cells, Not A Good Match For Utilities — Yet — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:16 +0000

[...] famed venture capitalist and Bloom Energy investor John Doerr told “60 Minutes” last month that utilities will one day want to buy Bloom’s fuel cells, it looks like, at least in [...]

By: The IT of Bloom Energy

The IT of Bloom Energy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:12 +0000

[...] Bloom Energy founder KR Sridhar said at the Wall Street Journal Eco:nomics summit on Thursday that advances in Internet technologies have made it possible for the company to remotely monitor and control its fuel cell the Bloom server. I was curious to learn more about the IT of the Bloom server, so I asked the company for more details. Here’s my Q&A with a company spokesperson: [...]

By: PT - CP

PT - CP — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:16:23 +0000

From the very first view I had tried to keep my word to myself. Finally and because no one have mentions. There are some notiona we should take into account:

(1) Be aware of marketing work, such as "someday . . .", "it could. . .", "its capability . . . .", etc... This should bring us back when the Silicon "BIG GUNS" fanned out the "IT" (Personal scooter).

(2) As always, The devil is in the "fine prints" the fine, very fine print of this whole thing is "OFF- GRID" -- WHY ??? The big "W-H-Y" here.

(3) No wonder that Ebay, Google use for only 15% (????) not for 60% or 100%. (why?)

(4) Another fine print put their reputation on the line it is "no emission". - One word of misleading act puts all other words in same category.

(5) It's easy, that we can differentiate what they want us to believe and what they are actually say (to retract later?).

Verdict: same fate as the "IT"