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Technology Stocks : Capstone Turbine Corporation (CPST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (229)	8/22/2001 11:40:53 AM
From: Bocor	Respond to of 455

Thanks, Maurice. Just have a lot of respect for Sword, and when he likes something I like to at least give it more than a casual thought.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (229)	8/22/2001 12:35:05 PM
From: JungleInvestor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 455

Microturbines linked to fuel cells in cars does not appear to be a market CPST is focusing on. Distributed generation is the biggie. However, wouldn't microturbine use in hybrid vehicles be a possibility with a much shorter term horizon than fuel cells in vehicles?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (229)	6/26/2008 4:10:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 455

7 years later, "anytime soon" must be about now: <<<SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- General Motors Corp. has made clear that the world's biggest automaker won't be replacing its gasoline-powered cars anytime soon. ... In reality, gasoline remains cheap and plentiful. Internal combustion engines have become cleaner and more efficient. And, understandably, the owners of gas stations, refineries and auto-engine factories are reluctant to write off their investments.> Start writing! The SUV engine makers must be looking for new jobs. The Prius is selling like crazy. The Volt is now General Motors' top of mind effort to save their bacon. I wonder how a Capstone turbine using micropulverized wood fibre mixed with water and oil would go. It would be fun experimenting with Capstone fuels. Ash is the traditional problem with plant-based muck. Some nasty vibration might result from a tiny amount of gunk of the turbine blades. Or maybe it could be kept clean. Because of thermal efficiency, it's probably still cheaper to take the wood to a huge power station, make electricity, and plug that into vehicle batteries. Carting furnaces around roads seems such an industrial revolution method of managing energy. Inductively coupled batteries is more 21st century, or superconductor levitated and propelled linear motors. Mqurice