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

To: the Chief who wrote (1092)	4/20/1999 12:40:00 PM
From: Buckey	Respond to of 6016

WARNING JP dont cover now because I would much rather see you cover later. That 7.75 enet out in two trades - One 10k buy by Nesbitt. The chart is back to a buy - Lets wait and see who wins this tug of war. Today I dont care - Long term especially

To: the Chief who wrote (1092)	4/20/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6016

Chief - Good point... I'm not being negative on GLE, just trying to be realistic about the engineering problems. GLE is about where BLD was in fuel cell development for vehicles about 4 years ago. Still, you're right...any technology for fuel cells will have some dangers present...my point here is that the GLE cell will be hot enough to ignite fuel, plastic, upholstery, etc., for a good while, until it cools. The greater point is that there are tremendous problems associated with either cell. With the GLE cell, it appears that you will be able to run some existing fossil fuel right into the cell, where catalysts will strip the hydrogen out, and feed it to the cell. A big advantage, and one more like Chrysler is shooting for, where they have been using gasoline with a smaller reformer, into the BLD cell. This will avoid the hydrogen problem. On the other hand, carbon nanotubes offer the alternative of making detachable tanks that can be cleaned, heated and refilled at a factory, shipped to a distributor(station), and exchanged for empties.That is, you would pull in, disconnect your old tank, and hook up a new one. This would eliminate some of the dangers involved in transporting and fueling with hydrogen. Then there's the whole problem of developing a hydrogen infrastructure - producers, shippers, storage facilities, stations. It's huge, and it weighs in favour of a cell like GLE's. Neither technology is ideal...but please don't get the impression that I'm trying to trash GLE; we are in the midst of a revolution here, and it's not clear who the eventual winners will be. Better to be realistic. Regards,JK