Me too, JOG...  Me too...

What's the red line?

Itt doesn't take a bunch of Free Energy to be worth the trouble.
But those look like Very small differences. It kinda gets to the
I found a quarter, stuck in the road. Now, how much effort do I expend to go get my free quarter?
I live in Longview. If someone called me from Shreveport (about sixty miles)and said that if I would just come and get it, they have a crisp fifty dollar bill, in an envelope with my name on it, I MIGHT go, with gas so cheap.
I really am cheering for this guy. I WANT this to work. Isolated, poverty stricken places could be changed for the better so quickly.

Yep.... I see nothing but upside. Imagine driving down the road and Not seeing metal derricks decorated with wires, and wooden poles dotting the countryside and those God Awful windmills.
West Texas, for as unpleasant as it was to look at, has become an absolute, bird murdering, eyesore. I think that if the energy and its accompanying pollution attributed it were factored in, the inherent unpredictable nature of the wind, the maintenance time, cost and energy, those windmills are probably borderline stupid,

'estimate'
another word for 'guess'  
I've had nature (bird) lovers give me grief for letting my cats go out when they want to
'house cats kill songbirds, you horrible person'
'I need more cats, then, the songbirds keep waking me up a 4AM, ans I work nights'  
Anti hunting folks don't seem to realize that without predators, it's up to people to keep deer from overpopulating, either
I wouldn't imagine wind turbines are a major threat to birds, given how rapidly they reproduce

how exactly do they cont the number killed by cats? my cats ate their kills, so unless most cats don't (doubtful) I'd say the 'estimate' on the # killed by cats is pretty much a guess

Well, my cat is a house cat, that gets to go outside... and um... she kills on the average of well, 2 birds a week. ( I know, because she brings them to me... you know... to help support the family... that's what they do) So from my family alone, that's 104 birds a year.... probably more...

And 74-96 million cats are owned (not counting feral ones) in the United States alone.... and I know not all of them go outside... but wow.. if half of them did...

37 million times 102 = 3,774,000,000 so that graph is pretty close I would think....

So, back on the ECat... wow always a cat in there somewhere

Doesn't it take a power source to start it greater than that it puts out? How are those 3rd world countries going to get theirs started?
The cargo container one would be great for a small culdesac of two to four houses, but again, how to start it? And who would service the pacs that need replacing when consumed?
I don't see how a small house heater could work, unless you use the 220 to start it and then change out the cores all the time (am I looking at this wrong?)...

I am thinking the future "power company free" home will have two to three systems generating power and at least one or two for "off hour production".

If I could afford to (wishes don't get fishes), I would go with about 12 100 watt panels, a small wind generator and two of those Musk battery stations (or a compatible setup using deep cell batteries).

I have drawn it up several times on paper and measured the yard out.
I would mount mine on poles next to my privacy fence, which runs east/west, so the panels would face south and have no shade.
I would have to make mine with the capability to take down for hurricanes, so a roof mount system is out of the question for me (even though there a tons of them down here, they must have great insurance).
A small wind generator on a telescopic pole would be the ticket for when it is cloudy, we always have at least a slight breeze here because  of being a few blocks from the gulf.
I could use a couple of old/used electric forklift batteries for night time usage.
Only thing is... to get the best use out of the system I would have to purchase a DC refrigerator and freezer, also stove/oven and heat pump or air conditioner....
A lot of power is wasted in the dc to ac conversion.
I've been reading a little on it every now and then.... one day....yeah one day... I might actually DO something with the knowledge.