Comments on: The Bloom Box: What All the Fuss Is About http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/ Sun, 27 May 2012 20:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: L. P. Charlson http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-290958 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:27:57 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-290958 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-265899 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:31:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-265899 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31026 Mon, 10 May 2010 23:22:27 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31026 Did anyone see the 60 minutes piece?

]]> By: ng ki http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31025 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31025 would anybody enlighten me that whether not not this bloombox emits harmful gas into the atmosphere?

]]> By: A small note for John Kay http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31024 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:31:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31024 [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31023 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:40:11 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31023 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31022 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:58:14 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31022 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31021 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:29:25 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31021 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31020 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:27:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31020 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 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-bloom-box-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/#comment-31019 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:17 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=51830#comment-31019 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.

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