TheEEStory Mini-Me Story

I am occasionally exposed to EESt0r-Like projects which to greater and lessor degrees offer elements of the EEStor story. Alert citizens bring these to my attention. And they should because this blog is AT LEAST the center of the universe when it comes to the fringe of the mainstream energy storage race. :-) Ok, fine, center of the fringe universe. For now maybe.

But hide and watch, mon frere. In any case, for my own perverse amusement, I'd like to share with you a recent mini-EEStor-like tale that was shared with me by a very dear EEStor researcher.

Several months ago, the top researchers within the energy division of General Electric (which incidently has an EEStor NDA in effect) , sat down with a couple of virtual nobodies in the energy storage world. The first was an accomplished chemist and the other, a medical Doctor with a passion for theoretical physics. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a new energy storage technology that took 20yrs to develop. The key claims were of a material with enormous permittivity 80,000-200,000K with the ability to withstand voltages of 5Mil volts. Not a typo. As was discussed at length, the math underlying the device in question was sound, as the GE researchers began to admit in the meeting. However, guess what was missing? Right. Prototypes. Why? Funny thing happened the first time they tried to build a prototype. Due to a massive explosion, it almost killed someone and thus, the researchers changed their development plans from a demonstration to a journal article (being written now and seeking publication in the next few months). After that, a pitch will be developed entreating the DOE labs at Argonne or Livermore to help to build a prototype. After all, who else has the ability to work with several hundred thousand volts or especially, a few million volts? Fortunately for the presenters of this new technology, Dr. Branimir Horvat & Bozidar Stipanovic, their idea has at least one granted patent. What's the secret sauce? According to the patent holders, the mechanism appears in their material when cryogenically cooled. So, move over Molten Salt Battery. There may be something much cooler than you!

What do these researchers think of EEStor, you may ask? They think EEStor has captured a tiny fraction of the energy storage potential. And what does EEStor think of projects like this? No tested prototypes. ;-)

When I learned of this mini-EEStor-like project, the elements coming together started to remind me of a little fairy that visited TheEEStory a few times. It's difficult not to overlay the Yoda EEstor myth onto the facts surrounding Horvat & Stipanovic but some of the facts do not mate.

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EEStor Competitor A123 Systems Asks Uncle Sam for $1Bil

According to a FOIA release from the US Department of Energy, battery manufacturer-in-the-making, A123 Systems (a company whose founder once tried to replicate an EEStor EESU) has applied for $1Bil in loans as part of the 2007 Energy Independence & Security Act. The list of applications for the Department of Energy program is a who's who & who's new of automotive technology including the big 3, Ford ($11 Bil request), Chrysler ($8.5 Bil request) and GM ($11.8 Bil request).

Notably present are previously discussed application listings (with amounts included) from Kleiner Perkins investments Fisker Automotive, V-Vehicle, & Th!nk North America. The combined request of these entities likely exceeds $1Bil making Kleiner one of the largest enthusiasts of using government funding for risky start-up ventures. Kleiner Perkins has

investments in 2 stealth battery companies and EEStor Inc., the pre-eminent stealth energy storage manufacturer in the world. It is interesting to note that the funds Fisker apparently applied for were smaller than those they received.

I've written before about the close ties Kleiner Perkins has to the Obama administration including John Doerr's role on the Obama Economic Recovery Board. Needless to say, the close collaboration and gobs of cash and loans ending up under Kleiner's control should be a cause for concern especially with the publicly unresolved issue of EEStor Inc. floating around in the background.

Some of the disclosure documents were redacted based on FOIA exemption 5 USC 552(b) (4) which exempts from disclosure "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential." Kleiner Perkins investment Think North America chose this option.

FOIA Request Courtesy of EEStor Mad Man, RT!

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Terrorist Bin Laden Joins EEStor Fan Base?

You might think that the world's most famous terrorist loves it when the price of oil zips up and out of control. After all, it's been said a million times that most terrorism is funded by oil money. But don't you know that most terrorists, especially the ones in hiding, are actually green like Al Gore? (They have to be: UAV's. ) But now the philosophy of going green is also taking root. Take Bin Laden's latest message calling for a halt to the American economy due to it's impact on Global Warming. Yes, that's right, global warming. I said it again.

It's probably not too difficult to disentangle the murderous intentions behind the message: oil keeps in power the very people Bin Laden wishes to overthrow. Connect the dots however you wish but it comes back to a fundamental point: if Bin Laden wishes to prevent Global Warming, the burning of carbon fuels are a great place to start, ERGO, a better battery (let's call it Bettery from here out) would be a logical friend, such as EEStor's EESU. In fact, it's this exact idea that has resulted in some recent negotiations among those engaged in the war on terrorism. Here's an excerpt from a classified transcript detailing the ongoing negotiations:

[somewhere in a dimly lit bunker, an assembly of leaders sit down to discuss EEStor]


















Bin Laden: I swear by [censored], this battery is a gift from [censored].

John Doerr: We think so too and the Chinese are also in agreement if not our pockets. Are we red or are we green, Al? Ah hell, let the accountants figure it out.

Al Gore: Maybe. But we can all agree or least anyone with a soul can agree that Polar Bears are friends to Muslims everywhere, even militant ones. Correct?

Barak Obama: More than that, they are a symbol of our future economic independency, ah, interdependency, ah, you know what I'm saying. On the topic of Polar Bears, like many Americans who sit in my office, we can all agree that if Polar Bears were green in color, like I $1Bil in stimulus funding, then all the problems of this and other countries would dissolve in a fiscal year.

Chris Matthews: I forgot they were white.

Dick Weir: What the f[censored] is going on here? Apprehend that g[censored] d[censored] f[censored] terrorist piece of s[censored]. He's a murdering terrorist. Get a laser, throw it in multi-mode and disintegrate him!

Barak Obama: Now wait a second Dick. We're only here to talk about the ultrabattery, ca-pa-tass-eestor. Cheney, what did you it call again?

Dick Cheney: Mr. President, EEStor refers to their device as an Electrical Energy Storage Unit but in ordinary English usage, most simply call it a battery. However, as Mr. Weir has demonstrated, it has the properties of a capacitor, which is another form of energy storage. Therefore, we should probably pick a term and stick with it for practical purposes.

Bin Laden: This energy storage should be called [censored] from [censored] by [censored] for the end to [censored] and [censored] [censored].

Bob Stevens: Gentlemen, we've been kicking around the idea of calling it LockhEEd's Future, ahem, I mean BagheadPack Smile Storage Unit. Another idea we came up with in collaboration with our government partners in Quantico: EEFU. How do you like that, Bin?

Bin Laden: EEFU, UAV, none of these can catch me, you think?

From a Conference Call Speakerphone in the middle of the conference table: let's stop talking about what to call it and get it built. Besides, everyone knows it should be called MUHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAH!!

Barak Obama: Who is that guy, any way?

Dick Cheney: That's George Bush.

Al Gore: No, it's not. It's George Clooney.

Bin Laden: Wrong again! It's Secretary Steven Chu. I know his voice anywhere.

Speakerphone: One question, Mr. Weir, if I may. When????????

Rex Tillerson: Yes, when will EESCAM be over?

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Apple Announces IPad Sans EESU

Well, there you go. The Apple news in all it's glory including a New York Times demo featuring, appropriately, me. Thanks EEnigma!

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EEStor's Board of Directors

In a brief telephone interview yesterday, Sulgraves Partners' Mike Long declined to comment on several questions but did confirm he is still happily involved with EEStor Inc as a member of it's board of directors. Citing his "respect for the CEO's role," Long said that EEStor's CEO, Dick Weir "speaks for the company" and that he is "happy with that arrangement." Long has a successful track record as CEO of three public companies, perhaps most notably at WebMD and Move Inc. When asked if EEStor's technology was going to end the US dependence on foreign oil, Long laughed and declined to comment. Long referred all questions, except those he inadvertently answered, to Dick Weir. "EEStor is a private company and it's spokesperson is the CEO. They are quality people and I am certainly happy with that arrangement."

Sulgraves Partners is a new consulting company offering Strategic Communications, Turnaround Management & a Business Advisory Services.

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Regarding Our Oil Rich Friends

Some news for energy independence minded individuals.

I read with interest how "our friends" in the oil rich lands have responded to the cataclysmic events in Haiti. $0. That's how much help has been provided according to United Nations documents.

Can't bring EEStor to market fast enough.

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When Dick Weir Writes Patents at Night

Everyone knows by now that Dick Weir writes patents at night. What no one seems to know for sure is WHY he writes them at night. (day and night, to be correct) The answer is not easy to come by which is why we must refer to the visual arts to explore the matter further. The first thing we should recognize is that a great deal else occurs at night, other than patent writing. So, maybe the answer is somehow a little of both. At least, that's what is suggested by the recent work of EEStory legend, AD2. (Keep in mind, from prior work, we know the man knows what he is doing.)

At at....at night. What wha wha ?



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I wish I wrote patents at night.

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EEStor Granted A New Patent: 11/453,581

In yet another mystery chapter from the EEStory, we find that EEStor has been granted patent 11/453,581. Originally filed in June 2006, this patent for a METHOD OF PURIFYING BARIUM NITRATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION, had it's patent Issue Notification mailed on Dec 30,2009 and the Patent Grant Mailed on January 19, 2010. At first look, it appears to have stayed under the radar until now.

If you examine the Image File Wrapper, you'll notice some interesting references to arguments made by Carl Walter Nelson. Also, the prosecution of this patent included a telphonic interview with EEStor's representative John Schell. What was discussed? "Applicants believe the step-wise purification provides benefits such as removing strontium while keeping barium in solution."

I predict further nuggets will emerge from this patent. So, if you must, please enjoy your own favorite aqueous solution with a toast to sages, Weir, Nelson & Clifford, praise be their name.

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Nanosolar Obtains Federal Funding

$43 Mil to Nanosolar.

Nanosolar

$ 43,453,309

Solar PV

San Jose

CA

San Jose

CA

Nanosolar will factory produce tools for the manufacturing of low-cost, low-GHG emission solar cells, using nanotechnology-enabled roll-to-roll processes. Tools enable high throughput production steps including printing of electronic ink, annealing, various deposition steps, cell assembly, and quality control and testing of structural and functional properties of product.

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Stick a Fork in 2009

Forget it. 2009 is toast. It's done. Stick a fork in it. There's no way EEStor is going to announce something we've all been waiting for in the next couple days.

Now, 2010, that's a different eestory.



Until then, cue the 2009 Skeptics Ball Celebration Dance Music. Distribute the carbonated apple juice and let's get funky.


NEWSFLASH!: let's go LIVE now, to a tent set up on a vacant lot in Cedar Park, TX. Sources tell me they have just begun a new dance called, "The Magical EESU Is Still Not Here, Mr. Weir." Let's see the footage:



Pretty good dancing there. I could get into that music...sort of funky, no? Tough on the knees though. Impressive. So any way, Dick Weir!, I want those friggin batteries, sir! Let's get them charged up and out on the road, please, and sometime well before every many woman and child in the Middle East is a multi-millionaire! THANK YOU! (no, i havent forgotten about you Canadian Oilers--you're just not good dancers).

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