Bloomenergy

bearmountain · Feb 25, 2010

Did anyone see this on 60 minutes?

I am surprized more people are not talking about this, its impact on our dependence on big oil and mideast.

http://www.bloomenergy.com/

There is link to the 60 minutes episode.

Debaser82 · Feb 25, 2010

It must be ET technology.

Misthos · Feb 25, 2010

looked more like an infommercial to me than hard hitting journalism.

It still needs fuel to run. Though if it can halve energy costs for a house, that's great. But for transportation purposes... I don't see it being a big deal.

S2007S · Feb 25, 2010

Bloom Energy: What We Know, What We Don't

By David Coursey, PCWorld

The announcement of Bloom Energy's no-emissions energy server drew the world's attention to Silicon Valley yesterday. But, even after the announcement and demonstration, many questions remain.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/190235/bloom_energy_what_we_know_what_we_dont.html

bearmountain · Feb 25, 2010

Bloomenergy certainly has big name blue chip clients - Google, Ebay, Walmart, Staples, Coca Cola...The venture firm that gave seed money to Netscape, Google etc has put in close to $400 million.

I really hope they make it, for the sake of clean cheap energy.

Free Thinker · Feb 25, 2010

i hope it works as advertized but it smelled to me like the media tour hype has started for an ipo.

dandxg · Feb 25, 2010

Quote from Misthos:

looked more like an infommercial to me than hard hitting journalism.

It still needs fuel to run. Though if it can halve energy costs for a house, that's great. But for transportation purposes... I don't see it being a big deal.

Ebay is running their bloom box on methane and Google is saving half the NG they would normally use by running a BB. You can watch the segment if you doubt me.

Misthos · Feb 25, 2010

Quote from dandxg:

Ebay is running their bloom box on methane and Google is saving half the NG they would normally use by running a BB. You can watch the segment if you doubt me.

I did watch it. Did you read what I wrote?

Debaser82 · Feb 25, 2010

I thought bugs pooping oil was going to save us.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece

dandxg · Feb 25, 2010

Quote from Misthos:

I did watch it. Did you read what I wrote?

My bad.

I read too fast. I missed your last sentence. We agree.