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To: Liberty1970
whereas this device supposedly ran at 25 kWh for over 5 hours.

One quibble: kWh is a unit of energy, ie the energy from a kW of power over a period of an hour. I think you meant kW if you're talking about power.

I've been saying for a while that I want to see this device spitting out orders of magnitude more output energy than input electrical energy, under supervised conditions, in somebody else's lab, over a period of at least a week (and preferably a month), with the lab being under the control of somebody of stature and complete independence, before I start getting really excited.

As far as using this for vehicles, its output is currently hot water (later to be steam). I could see this running a revamped steam locomotive, maybe a large tractor-trailer, but it would involve a lot of engineering before it would be viable for a small vehicle.

8 posted on 04/07/2011 7:25:24 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: PapaBear3625
Yeah, good catch about the kWh vs kW. And I agree that a final 'formal' test is needed to prove things to the world. I'm just trying to figure out what I can from the limited data available.

There will be a bit of engineering needed to put this into a vehicle, but the incentives will be enormous. Even if package size remains large due to a boiler or somesuch, it would make practical sense. Think of it this way: Would you rather buy a little econo-car for $15,000 and pay $3,000/year for fuel thereafter, or spend $30,000 for something the size of a Ford Expedition (albeit with the same passenger space as the econo-car) that has negligible fuel expenses thereafter?

10 posted on 04/07/2011 7:33:27 AM PDT by Liberty1970 (Liberty, not License. Freedom, not Slavery.)
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