It looks like there will be a huge market for cold fusion powered electric generators. Even though the media has paid little attention to it, the world seems to be in the midst of an electricity shortage. The shortages seem to be just as likely to occur in advanced industrialized nations and in “developing” countries.
Some recent news stories include:
• Electricity shortages in Texas caused by use of air conditioning during a recent heat wave in that state. The San Antonio Express newspaper reported that officials were asking people to stop using appliances and computers during the day to conserve electricity.
• Rolling blackouts in Japan caused by the shut down of nuclear power plants after the Tsunami in March. The New York Times reports that 11% of Japan’s electric power generation is now offline. The Wall Street Journal reports that the problem will get worse as more nuclear plants shut down.
• Widespread power shortages in Central China caused by a lack of water to generate hydroelectric power.
• A dismal situation in Iraq where the average person has four to five hours a day of electricity according to Al Jazeera.
Electricity shortages have been reported in other countries including Venezuela, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe to name a few. These news stories indicate that the power grid is no longer reliable in large areas of the world including parts of the United States.
That situation will greatly increase the demand for devices that families and businesses can use to generate their own electricity. Many factories in Japan are shutting down because of power outages. The e-cat would be the perfect solution because it could serve as both a generator and a source of heat. It could heat a factory and generate enough steam to make electricity to run it.
The demand for this device looks to be huge, so it seems Andrea Rossi is demonstrating it at the right time. The only question will be can production keep up with the demand for the e-cat?
It is apparent that we always seem to want the most for the least and it is very attractive to think we can produce the product electrical energy and supply it for pennies on the dollar compared to presently available electricity. Also we always get in trouble when product demand overrides safety and reduction to practice of a product.
There is no product yet, nothing is available in product form to test for the emission of x radiation at the optimum operating range of the non tested LENR’s anticipated.
Obviously we need other choices regarding the generation and distribution of electrical energy. I also hope this cold fusion takes us into a new and cleaner power generation era and it appears several companies are working on a product now.
If all else fails with the cold fusion as this energy Holy Grail for today, then what next to satisfy the hunger for electrical power?
Good question. Good point. One thing I fear is hysteria about radiation from the e-cat. All the fossil fuel interests would have to do is pay a few loud mouthed activists like Ralph Nader and a couple of celebrities to start ranting and raving about the danger from the radiation in the e-cat to slow its deployment. Unfortunately this is a totally new technology so there could be unseen side effects.
More important that the necessity of more electrical generation capacity, is the price. LENR Ni-H not only will greatly contribute to the supply of heat/electricity, but will also come in about 1/10th the cost.
Instead of legislation to force people to adopt clean energy, the Rossi E-Cat and other LENR Ni-H will use the invisible hand of the market to force people to adopt it.
By the way, remember that Rossi is at first only going to be offering the 1 megawatt generator, and probably the first target market will be supplementing the heating process of water for steam turbines. Ingenious that is, because it would not be as disruptive as replacing power plants or removing customers from the electrical grid (at first).
Good idea. His process will also be widely adopted by those who can no longer rely on the power grid. I think we will it see it widely used in factories, stores, office buildings, apartment buildings, hospitals, schools, rich people’s mansions, hotels, as well. Both to save money and because power grids are less reliable.