Is it a "magical" fuel cell?

Not at the cheaper end, but at the upper end of new houses - selling at $150,000 and upwards I'd have thought that it would not be to expensive.

its not at $3000 - but that's their aim

Around here, $150,000 is average for a modest home...

Biiogas is something from the environment already and we can even get it from our own backyard like the sewage. What is good about this is there is no emission at all as they claimed it that is why it can really be safe. I also like the wind and the solar technology too. I think these technology must be given a chance to be further developed because they can help us provide for our own power needs. I welcome this new technology and I sincerely hope that the power plant operators will not block this from being used by many making them obsolete in the near future.

Natural gas can also be made from methane, a very renewable resource (we create it ourselves)

if you listened to the links, its even better because the sun isn't out 24/7 and this works 24/7! And, he's gone public, but in a larger and much more expensive format so far!

Well, the Sun IS out 24/7 somewhere in the world and supplies the energy that moves the air and the water, so wind and water power (as well as the direct energy of the sun) are the ultimate replaceable and 'solar' resources. Solar energy is also stored by plants as carbohydrates (carbon and hydrogen compounds) which can be fairly easily and naturally reformed into hydrocarbons which the 'Boom Box' can use.

'Bloom Box' (sorry!)

me three but ebay is using the cells and they say it has saved them money and protected their site against power failures

Me too..

sounds like a good start!

Oh, I didn't get into science fiction to stay with what is the current norm, if that were the case, I'd still be watching a black and white TV with no cable and think all computers were the size of buildings!

Whatever knocks ur socks off.

Well, I wouldn't mind living in space - if I were younger and fitter... but they seem to think that they will come down, both in size and cost those big ones are powering large businesses, I doubt that a single house would need anything that size to run it

ebay is running on 5 of them, I bet by the time they come down in size and price the power output will go up as well!

I hope they do come down in size and price. I think I saw that an American home would need two cells (more than any other country) and that was why I was suprised at the size of the others. We need to do something!

cool

so is methane, and could actually be "distilled" by individuals, and that could power the fuel cell

I would too, and could probably do well with solar here, but wind would also be a great source... tho I have a friend who used to do computer repairs and this one family was off the grid, but was constantly messing up their computers because the power wasn't steady

oh, I wouldn't mind "testing" it for ya, but the price does need to come down first

Wakakak, ouchie........

Apologies..I sound drunk with food there, LOL!!

the idea is to get around the power companies, like solar panels and and small wind generators, I'd like to see bit power companies in PAIN!

Outer space - under the ocean - the earth can support itself, if people are allowed to do what they need to do and governments don't block transportation - almost all the famine in Africa is caused by government interference keeping food from being distributed... now, I started writing a story in my head where Legos Nigeria was the largest city in the world, and yet was nearly all under the ocean leaving the dry land to the animals basically, the footprint of the city was actually smaller than it is today in spite of having nearly a half billion population...

Hope you actually write the story. I'm trying to write a story, too, but I'm going backwards instead of forward, back to 1908.

hey - they are talking the size of a bread box! - well, the size of the ac unit outside anyway - right now they are the size of 4 refrigerators, and that's pretty impressive!

Indeed it is, and I am too impressed. This could revolutionize a whole industry. My only hope is that they will not see it as a means to gouge the consumer even further, just because it is a new technology. Let's hope they do, "the right thing". cdrxo

true, but things like this is where sf writers start from...

yes sf writers invent a lot of things that come true.

nahh, they can have ALL the corn (says the person super allergic to corn...)

what it does is act as a generator - or fuel cell - without the exhaust that current generators produce...

That is true, and "natural" gas can be made by making methane - something we all naturally produce (all be it in small quantities) but we could probably easily make it ourselves with some kind of sealed composting container

This is so true! I just hope to be around to see more of them!

I understand that its a new generator, I don't think they planned to tell us how to make it ourselves...

there's a man after my heart (lucky you got to him first!) I didn't have a "interest" for power cells, so I picked living in space and tied it in....