Thanks, Tom.
As far as production capacity goes, there are going to be a couple of factors that are going to play a major role, and it's really the supply and demand curve. We feel that with this technology, if there were any sort of an incentive or grant from the government to offset the initial costs for the homeowner the way we had in the photovoltaics industry a number of years ago.... I worked intimately in that space in Canada and Europe. When the German government had a subsidy for homeowners converting to PV, to solar panels, with a cost-per-watt incentive, it was amazing. We had to quadruple the supply overnight in order to meet the demand. As soon as that subsidy was taken away, the demand dropped overnight. Consequently, the German government reinstituted it.
The reason I bring this up is that this is an opportunity for Canada to really help us drive to reach our greenhouse gas emission targets with this type of technology. Hydrogen hasn't been as in vogue as many other types or sources of fossil fuels, for sure; it doesn't mean that it's not very viable. From a manufacturing point of view, we could certainly ramp up in the Ontario marketplace to meet a reasonable demand. We obviously are not going to try to open a large facility without having some indication of what that pull-through is going to be. The government would have a huge impact on the way the marketplace embraces this technology.
As Mr. Fairfull said, with our operating unit, we'll be able to validate to the consumer and show them what it looks like and what the actual cost savings are.
For myself personally, with rural properties it would be just wonderful to have this type of system. It's particularly difficult in rural areas. We don't have natural gas in northern Ontario. We have to rely on propane. It's extremely expensive.
If you think about where we would be manufacturing-wise.... Certainly, Tom and I have spoken about our international rollout of this product. I think Canada could really lead the charge in distributing this technology globally. If we had this available in the U.K. right now, I wouldn't even want to guess what the magnitude of demand would be, given the situation in Europe with the cost of fossil fuels and the lack of natural gas.