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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: raisinkane who wrote (2533)	7/10/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: CH4	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6016

Very strange poster indeed! !Is there something called impaired posting ! After all it is the Stampede. Seriously did you see the story about the 4.9 billion dollar judgement against G.M. awarded to 6 severely burned victims of an exploding gas tank accident. It's the largest product-liability award ever in U.S. history. The rear ended accident was caused by a drunk driver, the jury discovered that a G.M. engineer calculated that it would cost $2.40 per auto to settle lawsuits involving deaths. Instead of paying $8.59 per car to fix the known problem. Although G.M. will appeal the award, it is brutal reminder that there is a dark side of human nature. Really scarey stuff, someone sitting at desk would estimate deaths instead of spending an extra 6 bucks to fix it. I wonder what a jury would charge for a hydrogen tank explosion.

To: raisinkane who wrote (2533)	7/12/1999 3:06:00 AM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Respond to of 6016

Dawn of a new era? Tonight it rained. After the storm moved away and darkness fell, I parked the car just to watch the lightning off in the distance. What a spectacular light show (God's fireworks). I heard somewhere that one lightning strike has enough energy in it to provide a whole city with power for quite a while. Obviously mankind does not have the technology to usefully harness such energy at the present time, and wind & solar power offer too little power for too much expense. And the capability of hydroelectric power generation is limited, relative to overall power demand. SOFC fuel cells could offer a more responsible alternative to current means of power generation (i.e. coal burning, nuclear power, and internal combustion engines), and provide a decent interim solution until mankind learns of an even better way (how do you catch lightning?) through even further technology advances. Perhaps fuel cells will soon become commonplace much the way that computers are now, they used to be such a scarce and precious technology and now most everybody uses them daily. Fuel cells may enable society to progress in the way that the internal combustion engine has allowed in the past. Internal combustion engines are nearing their physical limitations with multi-valve technology, variable valve timing, electronic engine management, and fuel injection. SOFC fuel cells, out of the lab and into the mainstream - could we truly be witnessing the dawn of a new era?

To: raisinkane who wrote (2533)	7/12/1999 3:51:00 AM
From: Rockwell60	Respond to of 6016

Raisinkane You're right, the electrochemical reaction is exothermic and does produce heat (and electrical power). Generally this is what happens in lab SOFC cells I've heard and read about. Unless I've missed an explicit statement that GLE included in their release, it's not apparent (to me) what they're relying on for heat energy to make the cell function. If they can make it function on it's own at 650C without supplemental heat from an external source, then why the delay in an announcement? Anyway, I've seen photos of the GLE cell in test conditions and it's always been inside a fired chamber (the ominous gas oven?)so maybe that will give some food for thought.