Posted on 10/08/2011 10:41:29 AM PDT by count-your-change
Rossi declares te price of the energy prduced by his device will be 500 euros per kilowatt. Go to E-Cat News for details.
That would be about $2000 for what I purchased for $400. At that price solar energy looks good.
Rossi keeps tight wraps on it. The testing, whats inside it, how it works exactly. In a way I don't blame him. This could conceivably be worth trillions, it would set the world on it's ear. Or it could just be another scam. There has been other testing on nickle / hydrogen devices that shows *something* weird is happening.
It sure would be nice. Do you remember these guys though...Steorn Ltd?
$500/Kw doesn't seem that impressive, particularly if it's Kw THERMAL rather than electric.
Initial cost. But if you can refuel it with a few grams of powdered nickle and hydrogen and it runs for months or years, that's very cheap. Both are quiet abundant and inexpensive. Imagine heating your house all winter for $20 once the cost of the equipment is amortized.
At least the E-Cat utilizes consumables. Even if it does, that again doesn't mean it produces more energy than it takes to support the reaction. I'm afraid that's what will be the final determination.
There are other devices being looked at, like inertial electrostatic confinement using deuterium fuel and other devices. Maybe one day soon, somebody will stumble upon something that works and can use a safe fuel that exists in an abundance - thorium comes to mind.
That’s capex...
But if you can’t bother posting a link that works, to an article that actually says what you claim it does, why bother posting at all?
well, bb, I just went to www.ecatnews.net/ and found:
Rossi: The E-Cat basic module will cost 500 euros per KW
8 ottobre 2011
By admin
(article)
Read more: http://www.ecatnews.net/#ixzz1aDajVyXm
The link works for me, I just tried it. It leads to a page with this article:
Rossi: The E-Cat basic module will cost 500 euros per KW
8 ottobre 2011
By admin
Read more: http://www.ecatnews.net/#ixzz1aDajVyXm
Correct, that’s what I indicated. Thanks.
So far it’s ran about three hours at a time. I buy a generator (4.4 kw) for $400 and I know it will produce electricity (or steam if I want) and run 24/7.
Not likely I’ll pay $2500 for something behind door #2.
So far steam is all that has been produced. With a little bit of redesign it might make a good steam iron.
Rossi is looking for someone to design a cabinet for the device, maybe you could hire on and get one free.
Secret catalysts aren’t cheap.
My post is not INACCURATE. The supposed continuous output of the unit is about 3 kw at a cost proposed cost of 500 euros/kw.
The link works fine as I’ve tried it several times.
Cataleyed.
That would be probably -$20 because the "waste product" of the reaction is copper. Copper is not abundant, and it is a very important, expensive material. A large plant could produce a commercially significant amount of it.
Anyway, let's wait a bit more and see if the 1 MW plant is real and if it works.
My 4.5Kw (nominal) Photovotaic Array cost $35,285.80. That is $7841.29 per kilowatt. So E-Cat is cheap! Over the next 15 years I am going to get back $21,171.48 from the power I generate, and I have already gotten a $10,586 tax credit, so the total cost to me will be $3,528 or $784/kW or Euro 586.83/kW. So solar is still more expensive.
There are cheaper ways to produce hot water than the e-cat. Roof top solar water heaters come to mind.
I’ve read them.
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