Business Pundit asks the question, Will Products That Enable Energy Independence Be Big Business?
While the Micro Fueler product certainly isn’t cheap, and may or may not succeed, it does raise an interesting question: do products like this one, which would help to decentralize the source of energy in the US, have the potential to generate big profits?
A real interesting one. Past experience shows that centralization provides economies of scale, efficient production and better utilization of resources for providing energy. However, the downsides are flexibility, costs and the possibility of a large breakdown in case of any downtime.
Decentralization can be helpful to check out new products, can work in remote areas where the grid is not available. The other possibility is “non-consumers” like villages in India. Now, the question is of profitability.
I think that decentralization is a phase that will be strong between now and the clean energy future. How long is that? we do not know. Depending on the market needs, the cost of implementation and the break-even number for the products, these decentralized energy products may be profitable. But, there are lots of variables to work with.
