Is Bloom Box the solution?

What is Bloom Energy? I checked some web pages. It seems that it is a fuel cell which generates electricity more efficiently, produce less CO2 emission and might be able to do it in individual home if they can shrink its size. This company will go public on Wednesday, i.e. Feb 24, 2010. It is being used by Google, Ebay, FedEx, Staples, and WalMart now. It can use biofuel, methane or natural gas and is 5 times more efficient than solar panels based on the company's information. The company plans to make it ~$3000 for individual house. If people can produce electricity at home, then we can save so much energy loss during transit.

What do you view about this? Is the Bloom Box a possible solution? Is there other emission beside CO2 because it still uses fuel? Are you going to buy one when the $3000 Bloom box is available?

Without detail information, it is hard to say if this Bloom Box is going to work. I do want to know what's its efficiency, i.e. how many kWa per liter or gallon of fuel; what's the emission of CO2 and other stuffs; what's the service and required maintenance; where the O2 comes from, air or O2 tank; what's the safety issue if we always need to store some "hydrocarbon" source at home for individual house owner.

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