Brian H - 13 November 2009 05:47 AM

Why, kind of a backwash; a payment from the payee to the payer for the privilege of being paid.  Capisce?

Do people actualy do that. My goodness.

Aeronaut - 13 November 2009 03:04 PM

I like the recent comment that just about any refrigerator factory can make FF generators. Announcing something like 500 to 1,500 new jobs over the next year or few would do wonders for the enlightened self-interest angle at the man on the street level. They can take this to the bank. Lots of political capital available, too.

Enlightened corporate self-interest applies only to visionary companies who are willing to fund an aggressive engineering program in return for setting (and branding) the standards, as well as being the first to take an entire enterprise such as GE or Exxon-Mobil off-grid and off-fossil fuels in one bold stroke. This could turn one license of ten into over 90% initial market share of what will appear to be an insatiable market for several years. This means they could sell $250k modules for over $1M FOB factory for at least a year, while the rest of the runners get their shoes tied.

Technically, this is not a monopoly, due to at least 10 licenses being available. It will shatter the “who knew what, when” paradigm, replacing it with “who had the brass”.

I think the geographical and sectoral spread of the demand would make it easy for any mfr. to find customers for a long time to come.  Divide 10(?) terawatts global demand by 5MW and you get 2,000,000 units to build out, even before new stuff like desalination and whatever else.
Nobuddy gots that much brass!