OPEC, the electric grid, wind power, hybrid and plug-in cars, possibly even centralized government. Each could essentially become irrelevant on October 28th, when E-Cat promises to deliver a 1 MW solution in a box — a solution that is said to produce power so cheaply that it won’t be worth metering.
If successful, it is claimed that such E-Cat systems could be scaled down for cars — think Sterling engine — and for homes. Even old gas-guzzlers could instead be powered by ultra-cheap synthetic fuels derived from E-Cat systems until such vehicles are replaced by new E-Cat powered vehicles.
Of course, many claim that Italian E-Cat inventor Andrea Rossi and his emeritus professor consultant, physicist Sergio Focardi, are part of one of the biggest scams ever. Yet, more and more energy experts have at least become intrigued.
Certainly, the potential of E-Cat shouldn’t mean that research into batteries, fuel cells, and wind power etc should be discontinued — at least not yet — but E-Cat should remind us that we cannot predict the future. Technology is evolving and disrupting in a way that is becoming arguably independent of human comprehension, and that’s a little scary.
Ironically, it’s also terribly exciting. The revolutionary potential is simply beyond anything humans have experienced thus far in our development.
Sadly, however, if I had to bet money, I’d say that E-Cat won’t live up to the hype. It’s just too inconceivable. Too unbelievable. Too revolutionary. But, I sure hope it lives up to the hype, despite the fact that it could make hybrid, plug-in and fuel cell cars irrelevant — technologies I have advocated for, for almost a decade.
But that would be OK. In fact, I want to be wrong. Really, really, wrong. Maybe on October 28, Hybridcarblog will begin to focus on how ICE-vehicle owners can convert their gas-guzzlers into E-Cat hybrids.
