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To: gg cox who wrote (4912)	6/10/2008 8:12:26 PM
From: Stan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

Too bad VRB's revenue is so paltry. I owned it for a couple of years and sold it years ago and lost money on it of course. So, what does the future hold for this company?

To: gg cox who wrote (4912)	6/11/2008 10:42:08 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16955

gg .. Thanks .. I knew the NAS ran 'hot' .. oh well .. AEP seems to think they work in sub-station applications .. Any hopes for this one from ZBB ?? zbbenergy.com Triff ..

To: gg cox who wrote (4912)	6/13/2008 2:12:28 PM
From: Asymmetric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

Maintaining sodium in a molten state is why Solar One out in California did not work out. Solar One used a power tower type of configuration, and the heat transfer fluid was a type of sodium compound. It worked fine during the day, but the problem was at night. Obviously you don't produce any power without sunlight, however, what made it worse was you had to draw power from the grid in order to heat the sodium compound to keep it in a liquid state. The amount of power required to do so almost equaled the power that was produced during the day. sandia.gov - A.