Nick Palmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm far more optimistic. > My guess (if we're talking about a sale of the proposed 1 MW unit). > I do not think they plan to sell the 1 MW unit. The press reports describe smaller units that cost 5000 euros each. The 1 MW unit is 100 small ones ganged together. If that's what they plan to sell, that's 50 euros per unit. I'll take a dozen! Frankly, I do not understand why they are making such a big prototype when the goal is to sell small ones. (By the way, PESN said it is 120 units ganged together. I think I read that somewhere else, too.) Anyway, let's say you mean the sale of the first commercial machine, whatever size it is. The prediction is <drumroll>: > First mention in major mass media other than Washington Times (already > happened). [1 day] > > Major coverage in mass media; i.e. front page news, everyone else copies. > [2-3 days] > Maybe so, if Defkalion puts on a dog and pony show and tells the press about this. If they just start quietly selling machines it may take a while for the news to leak out. - Jed
