Comments on: Fuel cells are not an energy source http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/02/25/fuel-cells-are-not-an-energy-source/ An eclectic blog for talented people Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nikki http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/02/25/fuel-cells-are-not-an-energy-source/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Nikki Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:58:16 +0000 http://www.peterkrupa.com/?p=368#comment-244 "hey need input from a conventional energy source to operate, be it natural gas, electricity produced by coal-fueled power plants, or magical pixie gas from your backyard compost pile." I'm one of the senior reps for Pixie Gas, Inc. We're an LPG alternative fuel conversion company and we agree with you. “hey need input from a conventional energy source to operate, be it natural gas, electricity produced by coal-fueled power plants, or magical pixie gas from your backyard compost pile.”

I’m one of the senior reps for Pixie Gas, Inc. We’re an LPG alternative fuel conversion company and we agree with you.

]]> By: pjk http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/02/25/fuel-cells-are-not-an-energy-source/comment-page-1/#comment-241 pjk Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:37:59 +0000 http://www.peterkrupa.com/?p=368#comment-241 hehe, good point. from what I understand, its emissions will be lower than a generator, and it'll probably be more efficient. hehe, good point. from what I understand, its emissions will be lower than a generator, and it’ll probably be more efficient.

]]> By: Jon Hoyt http://www.peterkrupa.com/2010/02/25/fuel-cells-are-not-an-energy-source/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Jon Hoyt Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:30:29 +0000 http://www.peterkrupa.com/?p=368#comment-240 Wouldn't the bloombox be more akin to an electrical generator? The generator I can go to the store now and buy draws in oxygen and gasoline/diesel/natural gas and then uses combustion to drive an electrical generator. It then emits carbon dioxide/ other gases as waste. The bloombox sends air and fuel across these composite blocks (cells) which then output electricity. I'm not sure what the emissions are. Maybe I'm an idiot here, but that sounds like a closer comparison than to a rechargeable battery? Wouldn’t the bloombox be more akin to an electrical generator?

The generator I can go to the store now and buy draws in oxygen and gasoline/diesel/natural gas and then uses combustion to drive an electrical generator. It then emits carbon dioxide/ other gases as waste.

The bloombox sends air and fuel across these composite blocks (cells) which then output electricity. I’m not sure what the emissions are.

Maybe I’m an idiot here, but that sounds like a closer comparison than to a rechargeable battery?

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