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

To: marcos who wrote (1149)	4/20/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6016

marcos, re: avoiding a pissing match, GLE and BLD: I second that. Some people are throwing a lot more heat than light on the inevitable comparisons. Before GLE can market a usable transport fuel cell, here are some of the questions that have to be answered... 1 - Can the cell structure handle the constant vibration of on-road use? 2 - Can the cell handle handle a large vertical shock/bump, repetitively, i.e., potholes? 3 - Will dirty fossil fuel contaminate the catalysts hopelessly, making the cell unusable? 4 - How many miles/hours can it run before it needs maintenance? 5 - What kind of power response does it offer...if you put the pedal to the metal, will you get a quick rise in power, or will it take 5 minutes? 6 - How well will the cell respond to lateral G forces (curves,turning,braking)? And more...the point is that GLE is only at the beginning of a long developmental road. Prototypes need to be made, tested, and proved. Second-stage improvements have to be made, and second-stage prototypes produced. Large scale testing needs to be done, over millions of miles. BLD started down this road years ago; GLE's just starting. BTW, I'm sure all the snipers will be at me, so I'll state my position. I owned BLD long from 13 to 107, don't own any now. I trade only in my RRSP, so I don't (can't) short stocks, I only trade for capital gains. So if I don't think a stock's going up, I don't buy it. I own 2K of GLE. Scientific American put out an excellent article about 2 yrs. ago on the future of fc's; basically, they showed the development/production cost curve crossing the same curve for conventional vehicles in about 2005. A couple of links to trace the development of fc's: ttcorp.com mhv.net eren.doe.gov ttcorp.com Good luck to all. Regards,JK