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>...but it's not fair to compare the efficiency of a 375 MW gas turbine against a 100 kW fuel cell Why not, they are substitutes for each other. >(assuming th

• qq66 16y ago
  It's all a very successfully executed PR stunt. Local generation only matters in places where electricity distribution is unreliable or nonexistent (such as shopping malls in India having diesel generators on site).
  • tealtan 16y ago
    that's not true. a lot of energy is lost just trying to move electricity to another location (something like a factor of 2/3). so having local power plants would mean power has far less distance to travel, meaning you don't have to produce as much.
    • uvdiv 16y ago
      Not true. Transmission losses are just 6.5% total. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp#electric_rates2 http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp#electric_r...
• demallien 16y ago
  For starters, you have to pay for the distribution of the energy from a massive gas turbine, including maintenance salaries, capital investment in the energy network, marketing, insurance of all of the above, interest on capital expenditure to build the turbine, etc etc etc. A Bloom Box's energy is consumed immediately where it is generated.