Items from the public press... [RE-wrenches]

[Christopher Freitas - OutBack Power]

Okay - here are the latest questionable energy related press items to 
hit my desk - 

The first is from today's Seattle Times about a product (called a HVR = 
home voltage regulator) that reduces the voltage on a house or business 
to reduce its energy consumption. Here is a quote from the article:  

"Cost benefit: Reidy said costs related to generation, transmission and 
distribution of one 350-megawatt natural-gas power plant for 10 years 
can reach $1.5 billion. With HVRs installed on a million residences over 
the 10-year period, the cost of the same power plant would be $850 
million, he said." 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001770118_btinterface20.html


The second article says: 

"Scientists have discovered a new way of generating electricity using 
water, the first innovatory method for 200 years.  A team of Canadian 
researchers has found that an electrical current can be produced between 
the ends of a microscopic channel when a fluid flows through it."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/20/welec20.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/20/ixworld.html


Hummmm....

Christopher Freitas
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas at outbackpower.com  www.outbackpower.com
Tel 360 435 6030  Arlington WA USA

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