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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (8992)	3/7/1999 9:39:00 AM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

Zeev: >>They got some dreamers out there in AMOCO. Or alternatively, they got some government agency to fund some far out dream.<< Me thinks it's a weee bit of both. But, if'n you've been following alternative energy companies, and from yer MXWL commentary(which I've also established a position is some time back) it sounds like you are, then you also most probably know that AMOCO is one of the first, if not THE first, oil company to begin the process of building a hydrogen generation/distribution infrastructure. They're most probably taking dead aim at the burgeonin fuel cell systems that're about 5-7 years from true commercial flight(see BLDPF as one example). As such I can see alllll kinds of synergies between fuel cells, solar cells, high powered capacitors and the new battery enery "sinks" that are also about to come on line. By the year 2010 things are gonna be VERY interesting out there in "power generation/storage/use" land, eh? John~

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (8992)	3/7/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: Ray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

Zeev, your numbers for the practicality of solar-electric EV charging stations are too pessimistic: Electric autos are several times as efficient in terms of energy use as gasoline autos, and the charging stations are probably aimed at supplementing the range of the EV's (not providing full charge). So, the needed solar cell area could be far less than you estimated. Also, there is absolutely no need for the extreme power delivery that SMES or super-capacitors can provide.