We are all missing something unfortunately. The claims are great, the specifics are nil.
Maybe so, but my question is about the thermal-to-electricity conversion efficiency number used, which would be the same if he were burning coal vs. an E-Cat.
Semi-related - looks like Google isn’t his customer:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/23/google-idUSN1E7AL1X520111123
The thought did not escape me. This subject has been that way for some time.
“That is $0.54 / Watt of heat. Assuming the 20 year life Rossi claimed in the interview, the simple LCOE is so small as to make the energy almost free at $0.003 / kWh. At 30% efficiency heat kW to Ac kW with 3 Ac kW output, the electricity price rises to $0.01 / kWh...”
Figure in the gold nuggets in the steam behind your house and the fortune your great uncle is going to leave you and the cost is practically nothing/kW/hr./liter/cal. per slice over the entire backyard Tuesday.
Understand?