On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote:
> Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Megawatts are better than kilowatts and kilowatts are better than >> milliwatts. >> > > Probably not in the long term. Most devices use ~100 W. In the future I > expect all power supplies to be self-contained, with no central generation > or even household generators. I mean that every light fixture, computer and > cell phone will have a thermoelectric generator. The most useful size will > be 1 to 100 W. > > Even early into a cold fusion era there will be few uses for a megawatt > generator. > > Drop-in replacements for coal-burners in electrical power plants looks like a quick win if the ECat-HT can be made self-sustaining via acting cooling control.
