The "Bloom Box"

No..it's not a gardening fixture.

It's a new power source technology that will blow you away. An inexpensive,clean and with no emissions power source. The Sunnyvale, Calif. based company has heavyweight customers such as eBay, Wal-Mart Stores, FedEx and others in California which already have been testing and using it to power their company headquarters. And the companies are reporting major savings over what they were paying the standard utility power companies. It was made by Shachar Bar-on. It's a little power plant-in-a-box they want to put literally in your backyard.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVZAT3U_Jls&feature=player_embedded#

Now, what are the problems with it?

Well, one thing is the billions and billions of dollars in subsidies we, as U.S. taxpayers, have given, and set to give, to energy companies for Research and Development. What are G.E., BP and Siemens suppose to do without the U.S. taxpayers funding R&D money to them?

Naysayers state there's nothing that they can see that is that unique about it. The Bloom Energy fuel cell is designed to be stacked into small blocks. It's estimated that 4 or 5 blocks will power a U.S. home. Larger units, such as those with 100kW units, are housed in a unit about the size of a large side-by-side refrigerator. The "Bloom boxes" already in use by companies are costing between $700,000 and $800,000 each. Bloom Energy's CEO K.R Sridhar says it can be made inexpensive enough for everyone to afford.The $3,000 home version is estimated to be ten years away. If adopted by local power companies, this product could result in a huge decrease in homeowners energy bills

Inexpensive, clean and developed technology.
Already produced, being tested and in use.
No huge amounts of taxpayer money appropriated to R&D.
New factories or refitting current factories would be a boon for the jobs market.
Could it be fitted to an auto to totally run it on natural gas?
Oh my Goddess! What will Gore do with no carbon footprints?
What will the politicians do with no energy lobbyists for oil funding them?

Remember Bloom Energy and the "Bloom Box"; lest it be covered over and hidden by the Powers-That-Be.