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The Bloom Box (Green Energy)

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Found some more info on it from some other articles.

*A 100kw "Bloom box server" cost about $700,000-$800,000. With tax rebates, companies that have purchased them expect a pay-off in about 3-years.

*A home version is not expected for at least 10 more years, with speculation claiming a $3,000 price tag and a pay off of about 3-5 years.

*Experts are claiming this will have huge impacts on infrastructure as homes and businesses will be able to go "off-grid"

I have a few questions though:
The technology is no emissions because it derives its energy from a chemical reaction between oxygen and a fuel (most likely natural gas). Is water the by-product?

What about maintaining them? If every house has a box and is off-grid, what happens if it fails?
 
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It makes you wonder why a large company like GE did not develop such a (seemingly) simple design. The revolution here is that they made a fuel cell with low-cost materials. Sign me up for one of these bad boys if the home version goes for $3,000.
 
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