tireman63

On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid

John, I followed Advill's next big future.com/2009 tag and then read a few of the Disqus comments. There is a fellow known as GoatGuy that has one of the most sensitive BS detectors I have ever seen. I hope you can take a look at some of his comments.

On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid

John,
Have you published any figures on the individual loads that either EVs or PHEVs will put on your garage at home or your workplace? A standard battery charger with a 40 amp charge rate for 12 volt systems will not overtax the standard 30 amp fused breakers. Of course,if you have to have a dedicated 220v outlet, that would be a different story.

Are Energy Storage Investors Chasing Their Own Tails?

John,
In your second paragraph above, you mentioned selling products to people making less than $200k/year. An old master or retailing said something like this a long time ago "We make our money not from the lady arriving in the chauffeur-driven limo, but from the shopgirl riding to work on the subway." The old gentleman was right.

Alternative Energy Storage: It's All About Price vs. Performance

I wonder what has happened to the Firefly battery that won the WSJ science award in 2007? This graphite-carbon foam technology seems to really give the old lead-acid model a new lease on life--the drawbacks associated with older batteries on weight-energy output/footprint--rapi... rechargeability, and loss of cranking power with low temperature operation--seem to have been greatly mitigated.