Just watched their Youtube videos...

[PaulLowrance]

Maybe... If Steorn doesn't get squashed by the Pythonesque foot of the oil baron first !

Nah, Big Oil will just allow a few people to put them out of business by allowing everyone on Earth to be energy self reliant. Haven't you been to Texas? They allow people to walk all over them.     Hey, just kidding. Indeed they're not going to sit back and allow it, but obviously they have to do that behind the scenes, unnoticed. They pay megabucks to look good and friendly.  Although, how would they stop Steorn? If they blow up the building, then it will look obvious, and draw world attention. If everyone at Steorn suddenly dies, then again it's obvious. Maybe Big Oil can stop a garage inventor, but not a company.

[mscoffman]

By the way, just for electrical energy (not heating or electric
auto) the average US home would be satisfied with a 1.5KW continuous
electrical generator firing into a 26KW (very similar capacity to the
electric automobile battery) battery backing store. The average home
probably has a very low continuous base load, the permanent continuous
use of electrical energy. This is important because, a larger base load
would need to be met by additions to the generator capacity.

While 1.5KW continuous is a lot from a D cell point of view it is not all
that much machine wise. Remember these numbers, 1.5KW and 26KW
as you will be tested on them.

:S:MarkSCoffman