I just had to link to this article also. [Ooh, ooh, I want one!] This would allow electrical grids to completely eliminate all fossil-fuel sources from generation. One could scale up capacity as needed (especially as electric cars reach market), and this would allow us to use domestic coal for petroleum based products (where the electrics aren't feasible) and domestic crude for all our synthetics (like plastics) and other derivatives.
Lets hope the temptation for social control and social welfare (again including corporate welfare) doesn't vaporize all the money to disallow ideas like the above.
With fading hope:
Novo Visum
Neue Ansicht.
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This is very cool, albeit the $23M price tag will prohibitive in the developing world.
There are numerous technologies that could wean the US off of petro. Usually lack of venture capital $ keeps them from ever getting off the ground.
If more of the power plants were made the price would go down do to efficiency. And instead of giving foreign aid in the form of cash that can too easily be appropriated by the local thug/warlord/government official the plant could be installed as a charitable act of someone rich (think Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).
But as we need to rebuild the infrastructure here in the US various local and independent utilities could buy one and install it.
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