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

To: Rampant who wrote (381)	4/12/1999 11:09:00 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6016

Rampant/Re ATF. ATF doesn't really have significant technology. Their conversions are similar to those already powering thousands of taxi and courier fleets across North America. To convert a gasoline engine to NG requires replacing the fuel tank with NG cylinders, replacing the fuel injection system, and modifying some basic engine parameters. Hardly rocket science. More important is the development of a NG infrastructure for refueling vehicles. Until recently, most NG refueling stations were owned by the fleet operators. Now we are starting to see them crop up at airports and even some regular service stations. A SOFC/electric vehicle would be able to take immediate advantage of these. If GLE is able to commercialize the lower temp version of their cell, this might be realistic. Just a couple of weeks ago on this thread, most of us expressed the opinion that automotive applications were very distant. We may have to revise that opinion. Just my two cents worth (now that I also actually own a few cents <g>). ae

To: Rampant who wrote (381)	4/13/1999 8:10:00 AM
From: the Chief	Respond to of 6016

ATF fits into the puzzle the same way it fits into the puzzle created by Ballard. Two different technologies with no cooresponding inter-dependence! ATF relies on existing combustion engines, ballard and GLE do not. How would ATF compete against GLE at a remote transmitter site in the Arctic or the jungles of Borneo? The powering of remote telecommunications towers is a 2 billion dollar industry, as this technology matures, they can branch into a number of different venues, the least of which are buses. How would you like to have on eof these units set up outside your home and "power your home and heat the domestic water and augment your furnace? the Chief